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…
RedBubble Gets Another Favorable Ruling–YZ Productions v. RedBubble
Rebecca Zamolo appears to be a YouTuber/influencer who merchandises her brand in multiple ways. She claims that RedBubble users are infringing her IP and counterfeiting her offerings. The complaint includes many images showing the alleged infringements, such as: The court…
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….
Social Media Providers Aren’t Liable for Domestic Mass-Shooting–Retana v. Twitter
This is one of the dozen-plus lawsuits filed against social media providers for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. This particular lawsuit involved a mass-shooting of Dallas police officers in 2016. Despite the underlying tragedies, the lawsuits against social media providers have…
Domain Name Registrar Isn’t Liable for Hijacked Domain Name–Rigsby v. GoDaddy
Rigsby registered the scottrigsbyfoundation.org domain name via GoDaddy. He claims GoDaddy didn’t give him proper notice of renewal, so the domain name lapsed. It was then registered by an interloper who displays gambling-related material. Rigsby asked GoDaddy to give him…