An Account Suspension Case Fails Again–Perez v. LinkedIn
…State Action Claims Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? Google and Twitter Defeat Lawsuit Over Account Suspensions/Terminations–DeLima v. Google More Plaintiffs (and Lawyers) Need To Be Reminded…
Internet Law Year-in-Review for 2020
…are biased against them, and they are weaponizing numerous legal doctrines–the state action/public forum doctrine, civil rights anti-discrimination law, and more–to seek “must-carry” obligations. The Ninth Circuit emphatically rejected the…
Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”?
…United States law”). Selected Related Posts About State Action Claims Google and Twitter Defeat Lawsuit Over Account Suspensions/Terminations–DeLima v. Google More Plaintiffs (and Lawyers) Need To Be Reminded That YouTube…
Google and Twitter Defeat Lawsuit Over Account Suspensions/Terminations–DeLima v. Google
…under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, absent factual allegations that could lead to a finding of state action.” First Amendment. DeLima “acknowledges that Defendants are private companies and not government entities,…
Politician Can Block Constituents at Twitter–If It’s a “Campaign” Account–Campbell v. Reisch
…that distinction, it makes sense that a politician could have an official social media account that is state action and a separate campaign social media account that isn’t state action….
More Plaintiffs (and Lawyers) Need To Be Reminded That YouTube Isn’t a State Actor–Divino v. Google
…immunity amounts to government “endorsement” of online discrimination, and that’s enough to create state action. The court responds that Section 230 doesn’t compel anyone to do anything: Section 230 does…
Facebook Isn’t a Constructive Public Trust–Cameron Atkinson v. Facebook
…State Action Claims Google and YouTube Aren’t “Censoring” Breitbart Comments–Belknap v. Alphabet LinkedIn Isn’t a State Actor–Perez v. LinkedIn Section 230 Preempts Another Facebook Account Termination Case–Zimmerman v. Facebook Section…
Google and YouTube Aren’t “Censoring” Breitbart Comments–Belknap v. Alphabet
…public with a forum for speech, but that does not make them state actors.” Cite to Halleck. Citing PragerU again, the court says that the state action exclusion for performing…
LinkedIn Isn’t a State Actor–Perez v. LinkedIn
Perez had a LinkedIn account with over 7,000 connections (really?). LinkedIn removed some of his posts and restricted access to his profile due to alleged TOU violations. State Action. Perez,…
Section 230 Preempts Another Facebook Account Termination Case–Zimmerman v. Facebook
…treason is waging war against our country). Case citation: Zimmerman v. Facebook, Inc., 2020 WL 5877863 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 2, 2020). The complaint. Selected Related Posts About State Action Claims…