Section 230 Protects Facebook’s Account and Content Restriction Decisions–Ebeid v. Facebook
…of public accommodation (citing the old Noah v. AOL case): “Though plaintiff points to the physical location of Facebook’s servers, plaintiff’s use of and the service provided by Facebook’s online…
Announcing the 2018 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…questions. ______ The complete table of contents: I. What is the Internet? Who Regulates It? ACLU v. Reno (CDA I District Ct. Facts Only) …………………………………………………. Page 1 Noah v. AOL…
Facebook Wins Appeal Over Allegedly Discriminatory Content Removal–Sikhs for Justice v. Facebook
…the 2003 Noah v. AOL opinion said the same thing. Still, it was clear that the Ninth Circuit was troubled by the application of Section 230 to housing discrimination claims…
Announcing the 2017 Edition of ‘Internet Law: Cases & Materials’
…v. Reno (CDA I District Ct. Facts Only) Page 1 Noah v. AOL (E.D. Va.) 21 Determining the Geography of Internet-Connected Devices 30 II. Jurisdiction Protocol for Evaluating Personal Jurisdiction…
Section 230 Protects Google’s Decision Not To De-Index Content–Bennett v. Google
…to defendants’ editorial standards as creating some enforcement duty. In my Internet Law course, I teach this issue using the Noah v. AOL case from 2003. Thus, the court rightly…
Announcing the 2016 Edition of ‘Internet Law: Cases & Materials’
…Facts Only) Page 1 Noah v. AOL (E.D. Va.) 19 Determining the Geography of Internet-Connected Devices 27 II. Jurisdiction Protocol for Evaluating Personal Jurisdiction 34 Toys ‘R’ Us v. Step…
Facebook Can Legally Block Pages Without Any Explanation–Sikhs For Justice v. Facebook (Forbes Cross-Post)
…of SFJ’s case isn’t surprising. Indeed, in 2003, a court used Section 230 to reject federal discrimination claims against AOL for how it handled third party content (the uncited Noah…
2015 Internet Law Casebook Now Available
…of contents I. What is Cyberspace? Who Regulates It? ACLU v. Reno (CDA I District Ct. Facts Only) Noah v. AOL (E.D. Va.) Geolocation: Core To The Local Space And…
Sending Emails Isn’t Workplace Stalking–People v. Marian
…a different crime already covers stalking via email, which alleviates the temptation to stretch this statutory language. This ruling reminds me of Noah v. AOL from 2003, a case I’ve…
Union Isn’t Liable For Members’ Posts To Private Facebook Group–Weigand v. NLRB
…exit a physical space (a point I stress when I teach Noah v. AOL as my introduction to Internet exceptionalism in my Internet Law course). Because of the different implications…