The EARN IT Act Partially Repeals Section 230, But It Won’t Help Children
…is required to submit to the DOJ AG “recommended best practices that providers of interactive computer services may choose to engage in to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online…
The “EARN IT” Act Is Another Terrible Proposal to “Reform” Section 230
…nonpartisan. The Commission’s Charge In __ months (a placeholder says 18), “the Commission shall develop and submit to the Attorney General recommended best practices that providers of interactive computer services…
Eric Goldman’s Comments to the California DOJ Draft Regulations for the Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (Part 3 of 3)
…999.325(b) requires some consumer requests to be made under “penalty of perjury.” In theory, this encourages submitters to submit only valid requests. However, will the DOJ devote any resources to…
Copyright, State Sovereignty, and Pirates: Some Thoughts on Oral Argument in Allen v. Cooper (Guest Blog Post)
…change in the E.P.A.’s policy as to whether it would keep confidential the data submitted in conjunction with an application for approval of a new pesticide constituted a taking. While…
Amazon Can’t Force Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Claims Based on Alexa Recordings–BF v. Amazon
…authority holding that the parents could not, on behalf of their children, have expressly agreed by contract to submit their children’s claims to arbitration.” In other words, a few extra…
The PLAN Act Proposes to Amend Section 230 to “Protect”…Landlords and Hotel Chains?
…the bill does not define what constitutes a “notice.” Landlords might need to submit notices on a listing-by-listing basis, or perhaps landlords can send a single opt-out notice with permanent…
Top Myths About Content Moderation
How Internet companies decide which user-submitted content to keep and which to remove—a process called “content moderation”—is getting lots of attention lately, for good reason. Under-moderation can lead to major…
And At the End of the Day, the CCPA Remains Very Much the Same (Guest Blog Post)
…provide an email address for submitting requests for information required to be disclosed (instead of a toll-free number). (Section 1798.130(a)(1)(A) (added by AB 1564) A business may require authentication of…
Comments on Sen. Hawley’s “[Ending] Support for Internet Censorship Act”
…content. Further, users could “submit complaints or evidence [to the FTC] that they have been subject to politically biased content moderation by a provider of an interactive computer service.” Can…
Supreme Court Requires Completed Copyright Registration Before Filing Suit–Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street (Guest Blog Post)
…have submitted an application for registration, accompanied by payment of the required fee and deposit of the requisite copies, or whether the Copyright Office must have acted on the application…