Venkat’s Blog Post Unjustly Removed from Google Search Results Due to EU RTBF Takedown
…data protection law removals * * * The page in question is a 2010 post by Venkat entitled: “The FTC Dings Twitter’s Security Practices — What Does This Mean for…
Government Submissions to a Trusted Flagger Program Aren’t Unconstitutional Jawboning–O’Handley v. Weber
…he had 400k+ followers at Twitter–until Twitter ultimately kicked him off for earning 5 strikes. He sued Twitter for cooperating with the California Secretary of State to reduce election misinformation,…
Ripoff Report Gets a Pricey Lesson on Section 230–Selker v. Xcentric
…v. Sanchez, ARK v. La Petite, Leviston v. Jackson, and RL Lackner v. Sanchez. Ripoff Report cited Murphy v. Twitter, but the court “disregards” it as “inapplicable” because it focused…
Debrief on the Taamneh v. Twitter Oral Arguments
…Over Material Support for Terrorists–Cohen v. Facebook * Twitter Defeats ISIS “Material Support” Lawsuit Again–Fields v. Twitter * Section 230 Immunizes Twitter From Liability For ISIS’s Terrorist Activities–Fields v. Twitter…
Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments
…The justices frequently crossed over to discuss the ATA prima facie case, the subject of tomorrow’s hearing in Taamneh v. Twitter. That could lead to some “horse-trading” between the two…
Musk’s Changes at Twitter Moot Lawsuit Over Naomi Wolf’s Deplatforming–Trump v. Twitter
…Twitter since Trump/Wolf initially sued. Musk bought the company, lifted the anti-misinformation policies, and welcomed back many of the banned individuals–including Wolf. As the court says, “Twitter has restored Wolf’s…
A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)
By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa [Eric’s note: Prof. Ochoa calls this a “preliminary” analysis, but that doesn’t mean it’s short!] Two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit…
University-Operated Twitter Account is a Limited Public Forum–Gilley v. Stabin
…Twitter–If It’s a “Campaign” Account–Campbell v. Reisch Another Politician Unconstitutionally Censored Constituents on Twitter–Campbell v. Reisch When Can a Politician Block Constituents on Social Media?–Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff Comments on the…
2022 Internet Law Year-in-Review
…hard cases. At minimum, Twitter has to win its pending lawsuits, like Taamneh v. Twitter and Trump v. Twitter. Without adequate financial support for outside counsel, those cases could go…
My Amicus Brief in Gonzalez v. Google
…four cases: Gonzalez v. Google, over whether Section 230 applies to algorithmic recommendations Taamneh v. Twitter, over whether social media services can violate the Anti-Terrorism Act NetChoice v. Florida Attorney…