2025 Internet Law Year-in-Review
…app stores to keep TikTok available despite the law. As a result, an undivested TikTok has remained publicly available throughout 2025 despite Congress’ ban. This outcome mocked the Supreme Court…
A Massive Roundup of Section 230 Decisions
…Internet Law final exam around it. EZ Lynk is a type of app store to obtain apps (called “tunes”) to customize cars. The app store includes many defeat device apps…
Too Many Courts Are Letting States Take Wrecking Balls to the Internet (Roundup)
…Blog Posts on Segregate-and-Suppress Obligations Texas Judge Enjoins App Store Authentication Law–CCIA and SEAT v. Paxton Courts Enjoin Internet Censorship Laws in Louisana and Arkansas Challenge to Maryland’s “Kid Code”…
Texas Judge Enjoins App Store Authentication Law–CCIA and SEAT v. Paxton
This blog post involves two near-identical cases challenging the Texas App Store Accountability Act, Senate Bill 2420 (“SB 2420” or “the Act”), Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.001 et…
Section 230 Preempts Predator Access Claims Against Apple, Snap, and Verizon–Joan Doe v. Snap
…media where contact was made, Verizon as the provider of allegedly insufficient filtering software, and Apple as the app store vending pernicuous apps. The companies all successfully defended using Section…
Video Game Addiction Case Mostly Sent to Arbitration–Orellana v. Roblox (Catch-up Post)
…PS4 or PS5 and had to create a PlayStation Network account; and Apple for distributing the apps via its app store. Two of the children created the Playstation Network and…
Section 230 and the First Amendment Curtail An Online Videogame Addiction Lawsuit–Angelilli v. Activision
…an Android phone and an iPhone and that one or more of Roblox, Call of Duty, and Grand Theft Auto can be purchased on Google or Apple app stores. But…
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, and Domestic and Foreign Censors Rejoice–TikTok v. Garland
…Supreme Court also endorses the deputization of First Amendment-protected actors (app stores) to enforce this Fortress USA censorship. (Note: the app stores sat this litigation out, letting others to fight…
Initial Comments on the Supreme Court’s TikTok Ban Opinion–TikTok v. Garland
…First Amendment-protected actors (app stores) to enforce this Fortress USA censorship. (Note: the app stores sat this litigation out, deferring to others to fight their battle for them). Legislatures are…
DC Circuit Says the TikTok Ban Is Censorship, But Upholds It Anyway–TikTok v. Garland
…treat censorship restrictions as a cost of doing business rather than an existential threat, the services have already lost the game. The App Stores’ Silence Once again, the app stores…