Q2 2020 Quick Links (Everything)
…code word for an under aged person.” He then instructed Backpage employees to remove the term “amber alert” from subsequent ads, but he did not instinct them to block the…
Want to Learn More About Section 230? A Guide to My Work (UPDATED)
…230. A short report on Section 230’s critical role in enabling consumer review websites. Internet Immunity and the Freedom to Code. A short essay explaining how Section 230 reform could…
Court Upholds Formation of a Lengthy Contract Presented on a Mobile Device–Hidalgo v. AAU
…“I accept all terms and conditions for this AAU membership application as laid out by the AAU code book (available here) and this application.” Each link to the code book…
Court Sends Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit Back for a Redo
…under California Penal Code section 631 (for wiretapping) and 632 (for eavesdropping). The court says that plaintiffs’ theories appear “incompatible” with a wiretapping claim. Plaintiffs allege that Google improperly listened…
2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 7 (Content Moderation, Censorship, Defamation, & More)
…Faking Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments To Benefit The Rich And Powerful * California Labor Code 2750.3: (a) (1) For purposes of the provisions of this code and…
Facebook Still Can’t Dismiss Sex Trafficking Victims’ Lawsuit in Texas State Court
…Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the first petition filed in our case numbers 14-19-00845-CV and 14-19-00847-CV, Facebook asks this court to compel the…
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Decade-Old Lawsuit Against Facebook For Tracking Logged-Out Users–In re Facebook Internet Tracking
Users sued Facebook in 2012 alleging it improperly tracked users’ browsing while they were logged out of Facebook. Facebook apparently included code in its “like” button on third party websites…
The EARN IT Act Partially Repeals Section 230, But It Won’t Help Children
…entire U.S. Code. 22 pages of the bill are a global find-and-replace of the existing code to make that change. Bill Summary The bill repeals Section 230’s immunity for publishing…
Top Internet Law Developments of 2019
…my works from this year: Why Section 230 Is Better Than the First Amendment, 95 Notre Dame L. Rev. Reflection 34 (2019) Internet Immunity and the Freedom to Code, 62…
Java API Classes as Fictional Characters―A Proposal for Google v. Oracle (Guest Blog Post)
…Java programming language at issue in Oracle v. Google (as styled in the lower courts). However, when it comes to the code for programming objects, such as the code for…