Blogiversary: How Has the Blog Changed Over the Past 20 Years? (Part 2 of 10)

Blogiversary: How Has the Blog Changed Over the Past 20 Years? (Part 2 of 10)

I’m continuing my celebration of this blog’s 20th blogiversary. In this post, I’ll reflect on some ways the blog has changed over the decades. Longer Posts. When I first started, the paradigmatic blog post in the blogosphere was a quick…

Celebrating the Blog's 20th Blogiversary (Part 1 of 10)

Celebrating the Blog’s 20th Blogiversary (Part 1 of 10)

🎶 It was 20 years ago today…Sgt. Pepper taught the band to blog… 🎶 (Close enough: the actual anniversary was Saturday). On February 8, 2005, I started blogging here. 🎉🎉🎉 Over the past 20 years: this blog has published a…

2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

My ranking of the top 10 Internet Law developments of 2024. 10) X/Twitter Embraces Partisan Bias. For years, MAGA has claimed that Internet company employees are liberals and therefore surely moderate content to favor their preferred team (the Democrats) and…

Bleg: Please Help Me Prepare for the Blog's 20th Blogiversary

Bleg: Please Help Me Prepare for the Blog’s 20th Blogiversary

In February, this blog will celebrate its 20th anniverary. I’ll make together a series of posts to celebrate the milestone, and I would benefit from your help. I would be grateful if you could email me (egoldman@gmail.com) your thoughts about…

Internet Law Professors Submit a SCOTUS Amicus Brief on Online Age Authentication--Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

Internet Law Professors Submit a SCOTUS Amicus Brief on Online Age Authentication–Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

Along with seven other Internet Law professors, I filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in the case of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. The lawsuit challenges Texas HB 1181, which is basically a resurrection of the old…

Indiana's Anti-Online Porn Law "Is Not Close" to Constitutional--Free Speech Coalition v. Rokita

Indiana’s Anti-Online Porn Law “Is Not Close” to Constitutional–Free Speech Coalition v. Rokita

[Note: tomorrow we’ll get the Supreme Court decisions in NetChoice v. Florida and Texas. I’ll be blogging those decisions as fast as I can, so check back here to see if the Internet survived its latest visit to the Supreme…

Why Generative AI is Doomed

Why Generative AI is Doomed

I was honored to deliver this year’s Nies Lecture at Marquette University Law School, with the provocative (but, I hope, accurately descriptive) title “Generative AI is Doomed.” My remarks. This is my first contribution to the AI academic literature. As…

2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. Then, in Liapes v. Facebook, a California appeals court…

I Filed an Amicus Brief Against New York's Editorial Transparency Law

I Filed an Amicus Brief Against New York’s Editorial Transparency Law

Earlier this week, TechFreedom (led by Corbin Barthold and Andy Jung) and I filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit against N.Y. General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial…

Two Separate Courts Reiterate That Online Age Authentication Mandates Are Unconstitutional

Two Separate Courts Reiterate That Online Age Authentication Mandates Are Unconstitutional

[I will blog the NetChoice v. Bonta ruling very soon.] Many state legislatures draft Internet regulations without any genuine concern for whether or not the laws violate the First Amendment. This isn’t a partisan thing; both Democrats and Republicans do…