Ten Worst Section 230 Rulings of 2016 (Plus the Five Best)
…the first instance–or the redux. #2: Fields v. Twitter (Northern District of California). It’s insane to think that social media sites should be the financial guarantors of all victims of…
Tweeting Death Threats Isn’t Juvenile Delinquency–In re R.D.
Teens and Twitter–what could go wrong? A tweetstorm broke out among Colorado high schoolers related to the Arapahoe High School shooting. R.D. joined the fray, tweeting A.C. (at his Twitter…
2H 2016 Quick Links, Part 3 (Trademarks and Domain Names)
…Tami Parris identifies that the businesses’ social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flickr, Instagram, Tumblr, and various blogs, were deleted or deletion requests were made. Although plaintiffs subsequently complained…
Backpage Executives Defeat Pimping Charges Per Section 230–People v. Ferrer
…site. This is not prohibited activity. Indeed, it generally falls within the scope of protected editorial functions. [cites to Doe v. Backpage, Fields v. Twitter, Jones v. Dirty World] Backpage’s…
Adding Derogatory Caption to Photo Meme Can Be False Light–S.E. v. Chmerkovskiy
…a concession stand. The photographer posted the photo to his Twitter account with the caption “everything that’s wrong with America.” The photo became a meme. In 2014, it was posted…
Twitter Defeats ISIS “Material Support” Lawsuit Again–Fields v. Twitter
…significantly affect Twitter’s monitoring and publication of third-party content by effectively requiring Twitter to police and restrict its provision of Twitter accounts. The court summarizes the futility of the plaintiffs’…
Constitutional Challenge to Section 230 Fails On Standing Grounds–AFDI v. Lynch
…be meaningless….It would not constrain Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube from invoking § 230 as a defense to any state-law discrimination or censorship action brought against them by Plaintiffs, nor would…
Some Comments on the CA/TX Attorneys’ General Prosecution of Backpage’s Executives
…other legal deficiencies of those cases. See Fields v. Twitter. Also note the indirect parallels to the anti-Airbnb statutes like San Francisco’s, which hold Airbnb liable for accepting money for…
Federal Court Authorizes Service of Process via Twitter
…user. Twitter gives users the ability to turn off direct messages, and Twitter allows users to block or mute other users such that @tweets won’t show up. Because of Twitter’s…
“Kurt The CyberGuy” Loses Publicity Rights Claims Against TV Station–CyberGuy v. KTLA
…this type of a dispute.) For what it’s worth, Knutsson continues to own both the CyberGuy Facebook page and Twitter account and it did not appear that there was any…