Industry
California New York algorithm disclosures: the current gap
California New York algorithm disclosures differ: California's CCPA gives consumers data rights, while New York has no general ranking-disclosure law in force.
Desk
Field Desk
First-hand accounts of app policy regulation, including the parts that did not go to plan.
Features
What actually happens once a workplace investigation into online conduct begins
Workplace policies risks in the U.S.: the stages of an online-conduct investigation, what employees can ask for, and when union representation may apply.
Industry
Workplace policies usually fail in the same five ways, monitoring included every time
Workplace policies fail in five ways: overbreadth, selective enforcement, undisclosed monitoring, silence about personal accounts, and copy-paste across borders.
Maintenance
Employee guidelines policy template: what we do not restrict
A fill-in clause for an employee guidelines policy template that states what the document does not restrict: NLRA Section 7, off-duty conduct, model wording.
Industry
5 things nobody tells you about employee guidelines checklist
Five things a workplace posting checklist rarely says out loud, from BIPA consent rules to New York City's screening limits and school phone bans.
Rules
How employee guidelines earn trust when three sentences carry most of the weight
Employee guidelines are not the policy: three sentences carry most of the weight, scenarios beat principles, and the ask route is the whole product.
Reviews
Government regulation examples: six situations, and which channel handles each one
Six real government regulation examples, from Illinois BIPA to the EU Digital Services Act, and the channel each one actually arrives through.
Features
Reading government regulation for social media apps
Use this method to research government regulation for social media apps: identify the responsible authority, check the legal text, and track when rules apply.
Guides
Which body can force a platform to explain a ban depends on where you are located
Platform bans laws: which kinds of body could ever require notice or an appeal, why the answer differs by place, and how to find out what applies where you are.
Features
What separates the strong content moderation policy examples from the weak
Strong content moderation policy examples from Meta, YouTube, X and TikTok show how clear rules explain an outcome while weak ones leave the user guessing.
Rules
Content moderation policy changes: the practical version
Content moderation policy changes: what happens to material published under an old rule, how to phase a change, and the shifts that leave no document behind.
Guides
Content moderation tools for 2027: five categories, and most teams only need two
Best content moderation policy tools: the five categories, what a small operation should build rather than buy, and the questions that expose a weak vendor claim.
Industry
Age restrictions risks: the two errors and who bears each
Age restrictions risks run in both directions: wrongly excluded adults, wrongly admitted children, the evidence a check leaves behind, and the signals to watch.
Rules
Age restrictions rules: the trigger decides
Age restrictions rules turn on two tests: the age band a service names and the trigger that brings it into scope. Passage and commencement are separate dates.
Reviews
A content moderation policy guide is only useful once you find the version that applied
A content moderation policy guide to platform rules, app-store policies and dated archives: compare the rule layers, then find the version in force.
Industry
Canada Online News Act Platforms: What Solo Publishers Face
Canada Online News Act platforms: Google pays through a collective, Meta blocks news links, and the two-journalist rule locks solo publishers out.
Features
Policy news and timelines checklist: a tracking method
A policy news and timelines checklist for social app rules, with ten checks for dated records, source review, follow-up triggers, and workplace use.
Rules
Bill 96 social media requirements in Quebec
Bill 96 social media requirements in Quebec cover French posting rules, agency contracts, compliance records, and enterprise-register filing steps.
Guides
US app policy regulation: how compliance work runs, step by step
US app policy regulation stacks COPPA, Section 230, state age and biometric laws and the FCRA. Here is how the compliance work runs from scoping to closeout.
Guides
Illinois BIPA compared with other US state biometric privacy laws
Illinois BIPA is the strictest US biometric privacy law, and it shapes how social apps handle face filters, AR features, consent and retention.
Rules
Ottawa and Winnipeg public sector social media rules compared
Public sector social media rules Canada differ by city: Ottawa leans on federal bilingual and procurement practice, Winnipeg on Manitoba records and local B2B.
Guides
Sacramento and the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, a guide for social apps
California's Age-Appropriate Design Code makes child privacy a product decision for social apps, with duties set in Sacramento and enforced by the attorney general.
Industry
How Seattle trust and safety teams shape US platform rules
Seattle trust and safety teams at major platforms turn local decisions into US rules. Here is how memos, FTC pressure and Section 230 shape them.
Rules
Section 230 and state speech laws, what US platforms must remove
Section 230 shields platforms from liability for user posts, but state speech laws and federal rules like COPPA still force removals and design changes.
Guides
Face Match App Illinois Law: The Biometric Question to Ask First
Face match app Illinois law hinges on whether the app scans face geometry. BIPA requires a written release before collection, not just a checkbox.
Rules
Quebec Privacy Law Social Media Compliance: Choosing a Model
Quebec privacy law social media compliance: compare a US-first flow, a GDPR program, and a Quebec-specific layer before choosing an approach.
Rules
Social media accessibility requirements differ across US states
Social media accessibility requirements vary by US state, and most of the exposure comes from older civil rights law rather than a dedicated federal rule.
Reviews
An account settings checklist to run before a ban, and the record to keep
A settings pass to run on each account before enforcement action: recovery details, verification done in advance, an export kept elsewhere, and where notices land.
Guides
Content moderation policy: the parts worth your attention
Content moderation policy has two documents: the published rule and the enforcement guideline behind it. The pipeline, the thresholds, and where context collapses.
Industry
Internal Platform Account Policy: Owners, Access and Approval
An internal policy skeleton for staff-run platform accounts: assign owners, credentials, authorized speakers and approval paths.
Reviews
Recording the right date type keeps a policy news timeline useful for years
Policy news and timelines: the ten rungs a rule climbs, why platform rules move differently, and the date types that make a timeline worth keeping.
Costs
Eight platform bans: outcomes and how to identify yours
Eight platform bans can mean different things. Compare outcomes, find status tools for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, and follow the appeal route.
Reviews
Age restrictions are four separate rules that get mistaken for one law
Age restrictions are four separate rules that get mistaken for one: the service's minimum, the store rating, the product tier, and the law where the user is.
Guides
Platform terms and rules: the four asymmetries and how to make a rule change survivable
Platform terms and rules: the four asymmetries, the written rule against the enforced one, a dependency inventory, and how to make a rule change survivable.