Court Nopes Another Lawsuit Over Facebook Suspensions–Orders v. Facebook

…Orders v. Facebook, Inc., 2021 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 102 (Ohio Ct. Common Pleas Aug. 17, 2021) Selected Related Posts About State Action Claims Facebook Defeats Lawsuit By Publishers of Vaccine…

1H 2021 Quick Links, Part 3 (Content Moderation, Censorship, Privacy, & More)

…satisfy the requirements of state action. The government does not authorize her to run this Twitter account, and her use of the account does not amount to action on the…

Facebook Defeats Lawsuit By Publishers of Vaccine (Mis?)information–Children’s Health Defense v. Facebook

…not pursue Bivens actions against private entities.” Rights Deprivation by Zuckerberg. Basically, the court has to explain why Mark Zuckerberg isn’t engaged in state action. Because apparently it’s not self-evident….

Florida Social Media Censorship Law ENJOINED–NetChoice v. Moody

…censorial regulations as pro-free speech are actually trampling on the Constitution. The judge starts by rejecting three arguments for reduced First Amendment scrutiny. First, the judge dismisses any state action

Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging YouTube Engaged in Racially Biased Content Moderation–Newman v. Google

state action. The court responds: “Section 230 lacks the necessary coercive features that the United States Supreme Court has identified as the hallmark of coerced private state action” (cite to…

Yet Another Court Says Facebook Isn’t a State Actor–Brock v. Zuckerberg

…entities have traditionally performed.” Prager Univ., 951 F.3d at 998 (quoting Halleck, 139 S. Ct. at 1930). Thus, Plaintiff may not “avoid the state action question” by claiming that Facebook…

31 Bogus Passages from Florida’s Defense of Its Censorship Law–NetChoice v. Moody

…if true, statutory immunities don’t magically convert private actor beneficiaries into state actors. State action isn’t a switch that flips that easily. 11. “there is nevertheless state action to whatever…

YouTube (Again) Defeats Lawsuit Over Content Removal–Lewis v. Google

…counsel was Andrew Martin of Martin and Peters PLLC. 💯 Case citation: Lewis v. Google LLC, 2021 WL 1423118 (9th Cir. April 15, 2021) Selected Related Posts About State Action

When It Came to @RealDonaldTrump, Twitter Couldn’t Please Everyone–Rutenberg v. Twitter

…and losers. Case citation: Rutenberg v. Twitter, Inc., 2021 WL 1338958 (N.D. Cal. April 9, 2021). Prior denial of plaintiff’s TRO request. The complaint. Selected Related Posts About State Action

Another Must-Carry Lawsuit Against YouTube Fails–Daniels v Alphabet

…Now, they are working–again unsuccessfully–to impose censorial must-carry obligations on Internet services. The opinion covers the standard ground. A couple things to note: State Action. Daniels claimed that censorial exhortations…