Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Generative AI Enhancements to Ad Copy (But the Plaintiffs Lose Anyway)–Bouck and Suddeth v. Meta
The blog post covers two cases involving scammy ads on Facebook that were part of a pump-and-dump for Chinese penny stocks. The first two rulings came in March. In the…
Google Search Isn’t a Common Carrier (duh)–Ohio v. Google
Created by ChatGPT Jan. 2026 Censorship efforts tend to come in fads. Censors get fired up about a new censorship theory and try it out, but the experiment tends to…
Fifth Circuit Keeps Doing Fifth Circuit Things 📉–SEAT v. Paxton
…Mandatory Online Age Authentication Read the Published Version of My Paper Against Mandatory Online Age Authentication Prof. Goldman’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Demolition of the Internet in Free Speech…
When Can Amazon Block an Agentic AI Service?–Amazon v. Perplexity (Guest Blog Post)
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy On March 9, 2026, Judge Chesney granted a preliminary injunction in the case of Amazon v. Perplexity, concluding Amazon was likely to succeed on its…
Google Defeats “Negligent Digital Architecture” Claim–Starrâ„¢ v. Google
According to her website (sorry, no link love here), Katherine Starr™ is a 2-time Olympian (she swam on Great Britain’s swim team under the name “Annabelle Cripps“) and a sexual…
Seventh Circuit Limits Email Service to Chinese SAD Scheme Defendants–Kangol v. Hangzhou Silk
There have been thousands of SAD Scheme cases in the Northern District of Illinois, but this extensive litigation activity has produced only a small handful of Seventh Circuit opinions. This…
How Often Do Consumers Balk at Doing Online Age Authentication?
…Against Mandatory Online Age Authentication Read the Published Version of My Paper Against Mandatory Online Age Authentication Prof. Goldman’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Demolition of the Internet in Free…
Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230–Doe v. Meta
…purposes of assessing section 230 immunity This concurrence says Section 230 doesn’t depend on how the algorithm is constructed: generic, content-based algorithms do not bear any more resemblance to traditional…
Section 230 Ends Lawsuit by Twitter Premium Subscriber–Taddeo-Waite v. X
This court summarizes: “At the core of Taddeo-Waite’s complaint is his desire to hold X liable for allegedly maintaining a graphic and upsetting post on its platform, amplifying the reach…
New Book Chapter Tells the TSPA and TSF Origin Stories
I’ve posted a transcript of a conversation between me and my TSPA and TSF cofounders Adelin Cai and Clara Tsao, guided by Amanda Menking of TSF. In the conversation, we…