Breach of Contract/Promissory Estoppel Claims Bypass Section 230 But Fail Anyways—Yue v. Miao
…requested Miao’s intervention but apparently wasn’t satisfied. More criticisms of Yue kept coming. Eventually, Yue sued Miao for contract breach, “tortious breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair…
Section 230 Helps Search Engine Defeat “Right to Be Forgotten” Lawsuit–Mosha v. Yandex
…Interference. The court says: “Mosha does not identify any specific contracts that were breached, the parties to said contracts, or how such contracts were breached—all essential elements for sustaining a…
And At the End of the Day, the CCPA Remains Very Much the Same (Guest Blog Post)
…a private action against a business for a data breach involving such information (Section 1798.145(d) (added by AB 1355) A narrow industry-specific exemption from the “do not sell” requirements for…
Ninth Circuit Says LinkedIn Wrongly Blocked HiQ’s Scraping Efforts
…would have been nice to see. Finally, the court in a footnote says that it’s not opining on other causes of action. What about a possible breach of contract, trespass,…
Section 230 Applies to Facebook’s Post Removals and Account Suspensions–King v. Facebook
…breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Still, in an extremely generous move, the judge allowed King to file a new claim “for retaliatory breach of the…
Facebook Defeats Pro Se Consumer Privacy Suit–Hassan v. Facebook
…persons that the information was substantially certain to become public knowledge. Breach of Contract. The plaintiffs didn’t properly allege which contract provisions Facebook may have breached. The damages allegations are…
Russia Fucked With American Democracy, But It Can’t Fuck With Section 230–Federal Agency of News v. Facebook
…(2) “damages under Title II of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. Section 1983”; (3) “damages under the California Unruh Civil Rights Act”; (4) breach of…
Court Declines to Dismiss Data Breach Claims Against Facebook Based on Access Token Incident–Bass v. Facebook
…breach. He alleged he faced a risk of future identity theft and also spent time dealing with the data breach. He also alleged loss of value of his personal information…
Twitter Gets Another Significant Section 230 Win in Lawsuit by Suspended User–Murphy v. Twitter
…class action for contract breach, false advertising, and unfair competition. Twitter responded with an anti-SLAPP motion to strike and a demurrer (the CA equivalent of a motion to dismiss). The…
Once Again, Section 230 Protects Twitter’s Account Suspension Decisions–Brittain v. Twitter
…claim for violation of antitrust laws, arise out of Twitter’s deletion of the Brittain Accounts: (1) violation of the First Amendment; (2) violation of federal election law; (3) breach of…