Is Blogging a “Recreational Activity”?–Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple
In 2021, Jessie Sander was hired as a Jewish educator at the Westchester Reform Temple, located in Scarsdale, NY. Sander calls the temple a “Zionist institution.” The temple’s website still publicly espouses support for Israel. Shortly after she was hired,…
COVID Jawboning Lawsuit Dismissed (For Now)–Dressen v. Flaherty
This is a COVID-related jawboning case: Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated their constitutional rights by pressuring social media companies to ban or limit their social media posts related to the COVID-19 vaccine….Plaintiffs characterize Defendants’ efforts as “relentless pressure, inducement, coercion,…
Court Authorizes Unmasking Subpoena in Copyright Case–In re DMCA Subpoena to GoDaddy
The copyright owner Tamaris claims that 100+ websites, including “casinoestelar.com” and “powerbet.win,” infringe their copyrights. The copyright owner obtained a 512(h) unmasking subpoena and served it on GoDaddy. GoDaddy notified the site operator, who asked the court to quash the…
Extortion Claims Against Ripoff Report Can Proceed–Selker v. Xcentric
My prior blog post on this case summarized: I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018?). In this case, the plaintiff alleges that someone posted a false attack…
YouTuber Loses Account Suspension Case Again–Hall v. YouTube
This is a futile account termination/content removal case, like dozens before it. Prior blog post. So I’m blogging this ruling for completion, not significance. After the prior dismissal, the YouTuber filed an amended complaint: The FAC complains that YouTube engaged…
Challenge to Maryland’s “Kid Code” Survives Motion to Dismiss–NetChoice v. Brown
[As I mentioned, I am backlogged on blogging decisions involving state Internet regulations from 2025. This decision gets fast-tracked due to its significance.] In 2022, California enacted its Age Appropriate Design Code, a segregate-and-suppress law. That triggered a possible California…
Terminated User Loses Lawsuit Against Facebook–Hunt v. Meta
“Plaintiff alleges that Meta deleted and blocked his Instagram and Facebook posts causing him ‘lost [sic] of earning, loss of earning capacity, damage to reputation in the past and future and mental anguish in the past and future.’…Plaintiff alleges that…
Colorado’s Mandatory Social Media “Warning Labels” Are Unconstitutional–NetChoice v. Weiser
[I’m so far behind in blogging the challenges to state Internet censorship laws. We’ll see if I can catch some of the ones I missed.] State censorship laws come in a variety of forms. Today’s post focuses on one of…
Addiction Lawsuit Against TikTok Can Proceed in Nevada–TikTok v. Nevada District Court
All eyes are on the social media addiction class action lawsuits in California federal and state courts, where the plaintiffs are getting close to conducting trials that pose existential implications for many of the major social media services. Meanwhile, in…
Court Dismisses Discrimination Claims from Facebook User Who Didn’t Get Wanted (?) Ads–Shah v. Woodbury
Shah alleges that “Woodbury and Facebook denied Shah, based on his age and gender, access to information about Woodbury’s educational services by choosing to make Woodbury’s advertisements on Facebook available only to a target demographic of female Facebook users between…