An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC)
…existing UK Age-Appropriate Design Code tell us anything about what AB 2273 might look like in practice? Not much. The UK’s regulatory environment differs dramatically from the US. Two key…
My “Summer” 2022 Activities
…AB2408) A First Look at Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Filings Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Comments on CA AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act) Will California Clone-and-Revise Some…
My Comments to the CPPA Regarding its Initial CPRA Proposed Regulations
…AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act) * Can Facebook Stop Data Snarfers?–Meta v. BrandTotal * Quick Links From the Past Year, Part 1 (CCPA and Privacy) * Three More…
Op-Ed: The Plan to Blow Up the Internet, Ostensibly to Protect Kids Online (Regarding AB 2273)
…several wide-sweeping and radical proposals to regulate the Internet. One especially problematic bill is AB 2273, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC). Framed as a protect-kids-online bill, the…
A Short Explainer of Why California’s Social Media Addiction Bill (AB 2408) Is Terrible
…Design Code. Yesterday, I covered AB587, an editorial transparency law. Today, I’m covering AB 2408, a performative “protect kids online” bill that kick kids off social media entirely and ruin…
A Short Explainer of Why California’s Mandatory Transparency Bill (AB 587) Is Terrible
…Design Code. Today I’m covering AB587, an editorial transparency law that censors speech both immediately and when it’s enforced. Both Florida and Texas included editorial transparency mandates in their social…
A Short Explainer of How California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Bill (AB2273) Would Break the Internet
It’s “burn-down-the-Internet” week on the blog, during which I will recap three bad California bills that the California legislature is poised to enact. Today’s bill is AB 2273, the most…
Announcing the 2022 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. §1030 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030], and California Penal Code §502 [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=502.&lawCode=PEN] Comparison of Trespass to Chattels Doctrines Intel v. Hamidi (Cal. Sup. Ct.) Register.com v. Verio…
Snapchat Isn’t Liable for a Teacher’s Sexual Predation–Doe v. Snap
…are many people who support that outcome; indeed, that’s the inevitable effect of California’s proposed Age-Appropriate Design Code. However, it has several unwanted downsides. It would take away all of…
Third Circuit Declares Copyright Independence for Fireworks Systems–Pyrotechnics v. XFX
…signals—that Pyrotechnics’s control panel and field module can send and understand.” Pyrotechnics’ copyright registration then starts to fall apart. It didn’t register any source or object code. The court says…