YouTube Defeats Lawsuit Over Threatening Content–Wells v. YouTube
This is a pro se lawsuit. The plaintiff “contends that her image was posted on Defendant’s website in order to threaten her, that the image has been viewed millions of times, that she has ‘witnessed such threats/perceived threats’ as a…
Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging YouTube Engaged in Racially Biased Content Moderation–Newman v. Google
Plaintiffs are African-American, Mexican, or Puerto Rican operators of YouTube channels, some of which were monetized. The plaintiffs claim the YouTube’s moderation practices targeted them based on their race, including putting their videos into Restricted Mode, demonetizing videos, and various…
Amicus Brief in Support of Florida’s Social Media Censorship Law
I previously blogged about the 5 amicus briefs filed in support of a preliminary injunction against Florida’s social media censorship law. Last week, an amicus brief came in favor of Florida and the censorship law from a pro se filer,…
Preliminary Injunction Hearing Against Florida’s Social Media Censorship Law
Today, Judge Hinkle heard oral arguments regarding a preliminary injunction against the Florida social media censorship law (SB 7072). I felt both sides accomplished their goals in oral advocacy. I didn’t agree with Florida’s counsel, but I thought he did…
Yet Another Court Says Facebook Isn’t a State Actor–Brock v. Zuckerberg
Facebook allegedly “censored” the plaintiff “at least 30 times.” Facebook flagged his content as spam, hate speech, abusive, and “partly false.” He sued Facebook for violating the First, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. He also claims Facebook “violated Plaintiff’s ‘right…
Domino Pizza’s Website Violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)–Robles v. Domino’s
This ruling follows up the precedent-setting 9th Circuit ruling from 2019, Robles v. Domino’s Pizza. The 9th Circuit held that the ADA applies to Domino’s website and app. The 9th Circuit remanded the case back to the district court to…
Plaintiffs Fire Back Against Florida’s Censorship Law–NetChoice v. Moody
Some highlights and comments on the plaintiffs’ reply brief (see my post yesterday about the state’s attempted defense of the law). The intro: The State defends a law very different from the one Florida actually enacted. The Act does not…
31 Bogus Passages from Florida’s Defense of Its Censorship Law–NetChoice v. Moody
Florida filed its opposition brief to the NetChoice/CCIA request to preliminarily enjoin SB 7072, the Florida censorship law. This post critiques some of the brief’s worst parts. As I’ve said before, writing blog posts like this isn’t fun for me….
School Can’t Discipline Student For Off-Campus Snapchat Messages–Mahanoy School District v. BL
A high school cheerleader, Brandi Levy (referred to as B.L. in the opinion), was disappointed about being placed on the JV squad instead of the varsity squad, as well as developments regarding her softball team. From the local convenience store,…
Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers
No one: Absolutely no one: Ohio Board of Professional Conduct (in the third decade of the 21st century….): * * * I guess we’re doing this again. It’s 2021, long past the time consumers have come to understand competitive keyword…