The YOLO Remand Shows Why the 9th Circuit Should Stop Carving Up Section 230–Bride v. Snap
This is the remand of the troubling Ninth Circuit Section 230 decision in Bride v. YOLO. As you may recall, the plaintiffs claims that YOLO made statements about its content moderation and the safety of its environment that the plaintiffs…
WorldStarHipHop Gets Section 230 Dismissal–Eizenga v. MediaLab
The court describes the video in question (as alleged): an anonymous social media account and online “persona” known as Rain Drops Media (“Rain Drops”) published a defamatory video falsely suggesting that Eizenga was an abusive partner who battered Monroe Capri…
TOS Formation Fails, and So Does Section 230–Judge v. Academia
The named plaintiff is a professor. The defendant is a website, Academia, that helps professors share their works publicly. Academia heavily promotes its “Mentions” service that tracks a professor’s mentions and citations. [Historically, I have used a variety of free…
Meta Defeats Two More Account Termination/Content Removal Lawsuits
Two more account termination/content removal cases fail, like dozens before them. Tate v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2026 WL 1146745 (N.D. Cal. April 28, 2026) This case involves the manosphere enthusiasts the Tate bros, Andrew and Tristian. Instagram terminated six of…
Section 230 Helps Discord Defeat “Defective Design” Claims Regarding Sexual Predation–Jane Doe v. Discord
This is another entry in the genre of “predator access” cases claiming that predators solicited minors for sex online, in this case on Discord. Many predator access cases have targeted Roblox, which has a pending MDL in CA consolidating dozens…
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Secondary Liability in Copyright Law–Cox v. Sony (Guest Blog Post)
Guest Blog Post by Prof. Tyler Ochoa On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Cox Communications, an internet access provider, is not liable for file-sharing infringements committed by its users. Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment,…
The Cox Shock: A Tectonic Shift or Just a Tremor? (Guest Blog Post)
by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub, Temple University Beasley School of Law The Supreme Court’s decision in Cox v. Sony sent a shockwave through the copyright world. In an opinion that felt like a cold shower for copyright owners, Justice Thomas essentially…
With Opinions Like This, Congress Doesn’t Need to Repeal Section 230–Massachusetts v. Meta
This is one of the dozens of state AG lawsuits against social media services that are being litigated independently of/in parallel with the federal social media addiction MDL (where the state AGs are also suing social media companies). Because these…
Will Lower Courts Find Ways Around Cox v. Sony? You Betcha
This post covers two more Michael Grecco cases (see links below for additional blog coverage on his litigation campaign). The two decisions provide an interesting compare/contrast. The Twitter ruling also gives an early sense of how lower courts might navigate…
Prof. Goldstein on Cox v. Sony (Excerpt from His Treatise)
Prof. Paul Goldstein (Stanford Law) kindly has allowed me to share this update to his treatise (Goldstein on Copyright, Third Edition) regarding the Supreme Court’s Cox v. Sony decision. (My initial comments on the ruling are here). * * *…