Google Defeats “Negligent Digital Architecture” Claim–Starr™ v. Google
According to her website (sorry, no link love here), Katherine Starr™ is a 2-time Olympian (she swam on Great Britain’s swim team under the name “Annabelle Cripps“) and a sexual abuse survivor. She now spends a lot of time thinking…
Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230–Doe v. Meta
[I’ve been sitting on this ruling for almost a month because blog posts like this are time-consuming and emotionally draining to write. It may not look it, but this post took about 6 hours to write.] This case involves a…
Section 230 Ends Lawsuit by Twitter Premium Subscriber–Taddeo-Waite v. X
This court summarizes: “At the core of Taddeo-Waite’s complaint is his desire to hold X liable for allegedly maintaining a graphic and upsetting post on its platform, amplifying the reach of that post, and hampering the extent of Taddeo-Waite’s own…
The YOLO Remand Shows Why the 9th Circuit Should Stop Carving Up Section 230–Bride v. Snap
This is the remand of the troubling Ninth Circuit Section 230 decision in Bride v. YOLO. As you may recall, the plaintiffs claims that YOLO made statements about its content moderation and the safety of its environment that the plaintiffs…
WorldStarHipHop Gets Section 230 Dismissal–Eizenga v. MediaLab
The court describes the video in question (as alleged): an anonymous social media account and online “persona” known as Rain Drops Media (“Rain Drops”) published a defamatory video falsely suggesting that Eizenga was an abusive partner who battered Monroe Capri…
TOS Formation Fails, and So Does Section 230–Judge v. Academia
The named plaintiff is a professor. The defendant is a website, Academia, that helps professors share their works publicly. Academia heavily promotes its “Mentions” service that tracks a professor’s mentions and citations. [Historically, I have used a variety of free…
Meta Defeats Two More Account Termination/Content Removal Lawsuits
Two more account termination/content removal cases fail, like dozens before them. Tate v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2026 WL 1146745 (N.D. Cal. April 28, 2026) This case involves the manosphere enthusiasts the Tate bros, Andrew and Tristian. Instagram terminated six of…
Section 230 Helps Discord Defeat “Defective Design” Claims Regarding Sexual Predation–Jane Doe v. Discord
This is another entry in the genre of “predator access” cases claiming that predators solicited minors for sex online, in this case on Discord. Many predator access cases have targeted Roblox, which has a pending MDL in CA consolidating dozens…
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Secondary Liability in Copyright Law–Cox v. Sony (Guest Blog Post)
Guest Blog Post by Prof. Tyler Ochoa On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Cox Communications, an internet access provider, is not liable for file-sharing infringements committed by its users. Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment,…
The Cox Shock: A Tectonic Shift or Just a Tremor? (Guest Blog Post)
by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub, Temple University Beasley School of Law The Supreme Court’s decision in Cox v. Sony sent a shockwave through the copyright world. In an opinion that felt like a cold shower for copyright owners, Justice Thomas essentially…