What is a “Social Media Platform”?–NetChoice v. Uthmeier
…Labor Code 980, which defines social media as all electronic data, online and off. What? Offline data is the opposite of “social.” As I’ve explained before, the difficulties defining “social…
Meta Pixels Case Dismissed by Second Circuit–Solomon v. Triller
…Pixels case. * * * “It is undisputed that FITE is a video service provider that knowingly disclosed certain information about Solomon to Facebook ‐‐ namely, computer code that denoted…
Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio’s Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law–NetChoice v. Yost
…Think California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Is Unconstitutional An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Op-Ed: The Plan to Blow Up the Internet, Ostensibly to Protect Kids…
Arkansas’ Social Media Safety Act Permanently Enjoined—NetChoice v. Griffin
…Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Unconstitutional–NetChoice v. Bonta Two Separate Courts Reiterate That Online Age Authentication Mandates Are Unconstitutional Minnesota’s Attempt to Copy California’s Constitutionally Defective Age Appropriate Design Code is…
Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates
…v. Binance Why I Think California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Is Unconstitutional An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Op-Ed: The Plan to Blow Up the Internet,…
Rounding Up Recent Copyright and AI Rulings
…Github ruling because, in that case, “the court concluded it could reasonably infer intentional removal of CMI based on the allegations that (1) the defendants knew the source code they…
California AG Abandons Key Parts of California’s Mandatory Editorial Transparency Law (AB 587)–X v. Bonta
…portions of the law. The settlement says: subdivisions (a)(3), (a)(4)(A), and (a)(5) of California Business and Professions Code section 22677 violate the First Amendment of the United States Constitution facially…
California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Is Completely Unconstitutional (Multiple Ways)–NetChoice v. Bonta
…California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC/AB 2273) Is Radical Policy Some Memes About California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273) An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Op-Ed: The…
Some Comments on Today’s Thomson Reuters v. Ross Copyright Ruling
…software code. Also, I don’t see how the court can say there was no “transformation” when Ross’ outputs included none of the allegedly infringing material. It’s impossible to be more…
Catching Up on the Heavyweight Scraping Battle Between X and Bright Data (Guest Blog Post)
…Code, tortious interference with a contract, and breach of contract claims. And it sought to supplement its complaint with DMCA, CFAA, and CDAFA claims. Here’s how it went: Trespass to…