Snapchat Defeats Lawsuit Over User-to-User Harassment–Ziencik v. Snap
…a civilized community.’” Misrepresentations The plaintiffs claim Snapchat falsely advertised procedures to report threats. The court says the victims indeed used such systems. The plaintiffs claim Snapchat falsely advertised it…
“Stop the Steal” Rally Attendee’s Defamation Claim Fails–Chad Burmeister v. Saldich
…“[f]irst guy to storm the [Capitol].” As for linking to the news report, the Colorado court already dismissed the defamation case, so issue preclusion applies. Because Saldich won the anti-SLAPP…
Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for a Voting Misinformation “Joke”–Hall v. Meta
…magistrate’s report on Jan. 4. Selected Posts About State Action Claims Prager’s Lawsuit Over Biased Content Moderation Decisively Fails Again (This Time, in State Court)–Prager v. YouTube The 5th Circuit…
2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 5 (Censorship & More)
…for climate change, and that 5G technology is not harmful. The majority believe the internet has improved the public’s understanding of science, report that they are likely to fact-check suspicious…
512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless
…Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not Actionable–Dudnikov v. MGA Entertainment…
Facebook Can’t Shake Lawsuit Over OnlyFans Bribery Allegations–Dangaard v. Meta
…too. These allegations sound so fantastical that they are hard to believe, yet the plaintiffs have introduced evidence–including a whistleblower report–that was persuasive enough to Judge Alsup to defeat a…
Fourth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Zeran and Section 230–Henderson v. Public Data
…many FCRA provisions are ministerial in nature about how to operate a credit reporting agency, and those provisions may not specifically base liability for credit report dissemination even if the…
Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Reddit
…those pages, allows users who share child pornography to serve as subreddit moderators, and fails to remove child pornography even when users report it, as the plaintiffs did in this…
My New Article Drops a Truth Bomb on Zauderer and Censorial Efforts to Mandate Editorial Transparency
…and report my findings in my new paper, Zauderer and Compelled Editorial Transparency. In the paper, I define the Zauderer test, show how it’s been misinterpreted, and explain why Zauderer…
Anti-Circumvention Takedowns Aren’t Covered by 512(f)–Yout v. RIAA
…– It’s the Law (for what it’s worth)–Lenz v. Universal * Copyright Owner Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can…