Facebook and Twitter Defeat Account Termination Lawsuit–Castronuova v. Meta
…lawsuits claims she’s also a professional real estate agent. A woman who wears many hats. Castronuova alleges that, in November 2020 and without warning, Facebook banned her account and Twitter…
YouTube Again Defeats FOSTA Lawsuit–In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation
…Traffickers–Doe v. Backpage * The 7th Circuit’s Section 230 Jurisprudence’s Impact on FOSTA Cases * Grindr Defeats FOSTA Claim–Doe v. Grindr * Twitter Defeats FOSTA Case Over CSAM–Doe v. Twitter…
Section 230 (Still) Applies to Contract Breach Claim–NJCCC v. McAleer
…Over Trump’s Deplatforming–Rutenberg v. Twitter COVID Skeptic Loses Lawsuit Over Account Terminations–Hart v. Facebook Twitter Defeats Trump’s Deplatforming Lawsuit–Trump v. Twitter Account Suspension Lawsuit Against Twitter Survives Motion to Dismiss–Berenson…
A Takedown of the Take It Down Act
…as Trump intends: by punishing political enemies. We should expect enforcement will not be applied evenly. X (formerly Twitter), under Elon Musk, continues to host large volumes of NCII with…
A Roundup of Recent Section 230 Decisions Involving Sex Abuse or CSAM
…FOSTA Cases * Grindr Defeats FOSTA Claim–Doe v. Grindr * Twitter Defeats FOSTA Case Over CSAM–Doe v. Twitter * DC Circuit Upholds FOSTA’s Constitutionality (By Narrowing It)–Woodhull v. U.S. *…
Addiction Lawsuit Against Character AI Can Proceed–Garcia v. Character Technologies
…to Google’s provision of cloud services to Character.ai. The court says this service provisioning is different from Twitter’s provision of social media services to terrorists in the Taamneh v. Twitter…
Photos in a Similar Style Aren’t Copyright-Infringing–Woodland v. Lil Nas X
…his blog posts, even though theoretically they were available to everyone. But in the age of Twitter/X and other content-sharing platforms, that erstwhile blogger’s reach could multiply dramatically as others’…
School Board Official Censored Constituent by Blocking Access to Their Social Media Account–Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff
…Legal Issues University-Operated Twitter Account is a Limited Public Forum–Gilley v. Stabin Constituent Blocking on Twitter Is Censorship–Felts v. Vollmer Catching Up on Government Officials’ Censorship of Constituents on Social…
More Account Termination Cases Fail in Court
…Another Failed Lawsuit Over Trump’s Deplatforming–Rutenberg v. Twitter COVID Skeptic Loses Lawsuit Over Account Terminations–Hart v. Facebook Twitter Defeats Trump’s Deplatforming Lawsuit–Trump v. Twitter Account Suspension Lawsuit Against Twitter Survives…
WeChat Defeats Account Termination Lawsuit–Sun v. WeChat
…Over Account Terminations–Hart v. Facebook Twitter Defeats Trump’s Deplatforming Lawsuit–Trump v. Twitter Account Suspension Lawsuit Against Twitter Survives Motion to Dismiss–Berenson v. Twitter Another Failed Lawsuit Over Facebook’s Content Removals–Brock…