Handicapping the Olympic Committee’s Quest to Control Tweeting (Guest Post)
…is disseminating news and information, the company’s social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, Instagram, etc.) are commercial in nature, serving to promote the company or brand; to raise the…
The Internet Rallies Against A Terrible Section 230 Ruling–Hassell v. Bird
…40 organizations and over a dozen law professors. Basically, the entire Internet community has rallied around Yelp on this matter–including key players such Google, Facebook, Wikimedia, Twitter (and many others…
Section 230 Immunizes Twitter From Liability For ISIS’s Terrorist Activities–Fields v. Twitter
…Zaid over Twitter, that ISIS or Abu Zaid used Twitter to plan, carry out, or raise funds for the attack, or that Abu Zaid ever viewed ISIS-related content on Twitter…
Blogger Doing Investigative Research Defeats Personal Jurisdiction–FireClean v. Tuohy
…Facebook Post–Burdick v. Superior Court * Having a Facebook or Twitter Account Shouldn’t Mean Mandatory California Vacations if You Get Sued * Consumer Reviews at “Local” Review Sites Don’t Support…
Search Engine Snippets Protected By Section 230–O’Kroley v. Fastcase
…eBay; Kimzey v. Yelp); and it would have gone further than PissedConsumer’s excerpting of consumer reviews and dissemination of those excerpts via Twitter. This would be because Google would have…
Twitter May Be Liable for Sending Texts to Recycled Cellphone Numbers–Nunes v. Twitter
…ways: by checking their timelines on Twitter’s website or in Twitter apps, by enabling push notifications from their Twitter apps, or by signing up for email notifications from Twitter. It’s…
Q2 2016 Quick Links, Part 2 (Terrorism Content, Hate Speech, Thiel/Gawker, Censorship & More)
…viewed as threat to open internet. The pro-censorship forces are on a major winning streak. * Gonzalez v Twitter complaint. Twitter, Facebook & YouTube sued for allegedly providing material support…
County Attorney’s Deletion of Constituent’s Facebook Comment May Violate First Amendment
Governments have embraced social media with zeal, from politicians and police departments taking to Twitter, to cities releasing apps designed for citizens to report potholes. A direct and instant communication…
State Sup. Ct. Affirms Harassment and Breach of Peace Conviction for Posting Pages from Diary to Facebook
…Your Litigation Opponent in an Online Message Board? Go For It! When Does A Parody Twitter Account Constitute Criminal Identity Theft?–Sims v. Monaghan GA Supreme Court Fixes Overbroad Injunction Against…
North Carolina State Supreme Court Strikes Down Cyberbullying Statute
…(And Litigation Opponent) In Social Media Bashing Your Litigation Opponent in an Online Message Board? Go For It! When Does A Parody Twitter Account Constitute Criminal Identity Theft?–Sims v. Monaghan…