Comments on: Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Wilson https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-946 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:32:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-946 Mr. O’kroley has a pattern and history of frivolous law suits against people and organizations that have been thrown out of court because they are stupid and ridiculous. This is why he has gotten “no love in court”. Because it is dumb.

]]> By: Software Manufacturer Denied Section 230 Immunity–Hardin v. PDX | Technology & Marketing Law Blog https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-895 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:04:22 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-895 […] For example, Google programs its software to display search results snippets, and as we just saw in the O’Kroley case, Google isn’t liable for any ambiguous implications that might ensue. Dating websites […]

]]> By: Library: A Round-up of Reading | Res Communis https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-894 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:12:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-894 […] Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase – Technology & Marketing Law Blog […]

]]> By: Texas Appellate Court Erases Court Order To Erase Google Search Results | Technology & Marketing Law Blog https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-893 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:17:50 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-893 […] to make a different editorial decision, and Section 230 reinforces that outcome for Google. See the O’Kroley case (perhaps not coincidentally, also involving the desired suppression of a different Texas legal […]

]]> By: Michael Martinez https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-892 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:25:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-892 Unfortunately, 47 USC 230 (better known to most as “The Communications Decency Act of 1996”) has done incalculable harm to many tens of thousands of innocent people who have been viciously attacked in online forums and social media by Internet stalkers. Those people have been unable to halt the aggressive, abusive behavior because service providers hide behind the law (which was written at the demand of and benefit for AOL, which no longer operates online discussion forums for its users). Attorneys are unwilling to take on any of these cases on a pro bono basis and without an actual court order declaring defamation has occurred there is no way to compel service providers to enforce their terms of service — which all too often forbid exactly the kind of behavior that they turn a blind eye too.

What’s worse, no one is upholding the Section 113 of the Violence Against Women Act, which President Bush signed into law in 2006; it forbids exactly the kind of cyberstalking (and imposes prison time as well as fines for anyone convicted of this felony) that has led to a multitude of consumer complaints about 47 UCS 230. It is a terrible law that never should have been written in the first place, as it only supported corporate greed (it was AOL’s way of avoiding a lawsuit about not enforcing its terms of service). Today it only supports abuse and harassment.

You really need to get your priorities straight on whom the law SHOULD be serving.

]]> By: SearchCap: Bing's 5th Birthday, Connect Google+ Pages & China's Censorship https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-891 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:10:56 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-891 […] Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase, Eric Goldman […]

]]> By: SearchCap: Mac Spotlight Drops Google, DuckDuckGo Added To Safari & Google Eyes Free https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-890 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:09:08 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-890 […] Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase, Eric Goldman […]

]]> By: … and now the week, in feeds (week of 5.25.2014) | C y b e r L a w L a t e l y https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/05/want-to-scrub-google-search-results-in-the-us-tough-okroley-v-fastcase.htm#comment-889 Sat, 31 May 2014 18:31:38 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=12339#comment-889 […]  Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase — Eric Goldman / Technology & Marketing Law Blog […]

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