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Supreme Court Rules for Twitter and Declines to Address Section 230 in Much-Anticipated ISIS Case

On May 18, 2023, in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh et al., the United States Supreme Court ruled against an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) attack victim’s family who sought to hold Twitter, and other social media...more

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Supreme Court Poised to Issue Blockbuster Decision on Free Speech

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, an appeal brought by a Colorado website designer who claims she has a First Amendment right to refuse to make websites for same-sex...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #258 – Misinformation on Social Media

The misinformation on social media about the election results (and other topics) is rampant. Social media companies like Twitter and Facebook are struggling with the balance between the First Amendment right to free speech...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Dark Day For Hollywood – Law Prohibiting Online Publication Of Actors’ Ages Is Struck Down

IMDb.com Inc. v. Becerra, 962 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 2020) - The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of IMDb.com, a website that lists, among other things, the actual ages of...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – May 2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies....more

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Fourth Circuit Rules Maryland Online Political Ad Law Unconstitutional

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a victory by a coalition of news organizations that publish in Maryland in their challenge to a state law that would have placed significant burdens on them as...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Researchers May Challenge the Constitutionality of the CFAA “Access” Provision as Applied to Web Scraping

Such Scraping “Plausibly Falls within the Ambit of the First Amendment” The Ninth Circuit is currently considering the appeal of the landmark hiQ decision, where a lower court had granted an injunction that limited the...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Dark Day For Hollywood – Law Prohibiting Online Publication Of Actors’ Ages Is Unconstitutional!

A federal court has struck down as unconstitutional a California law (AB 1687) that prohibits commercial online services from publishing actors’ ages without their consent. The law, which the California legislature enacted in...more

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California Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal Under Anti-SLAPP Statute of Defamation Claim Against Online Platform Hosting...

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A recent appellate ruling may have important implications for online publishers who invite, encourage, and even compensate third-party contributors to post information without prior approval or review....more

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California Court Holds That Orders Demanding Global De-indexing Threaten Free Speech

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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a lower court order ordering Google to de-index a website from its global search results. In its decision, the Canadian high court rejected Google’s arguments that such an...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

California Court Enjoins Canadian Court’s Global De-listing Order to Google as Contrary to CDA

In a decision that sets up a potential international comity showdown, a California district court granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement in the U.S. of a Canadian court order that...more

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Boletín Mensual de Telecomunicaciones - Junio 2017

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Las siguientes publicaciones fueron hechas por autoridades del gobierno federal durante Junio de 2017 en relación con el Sector de Telecomunicaciones de México....more

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Mexico Telecommunications Update - June 2017

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The following announcements were made by public government authorities in June 2017 regarding Mexico's telecommunications sector: Public Call for Official Approval as Telecommunications and Broadcasting Expert - The...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Maybe You Can Search This? SCC Grants Leave to Appeal From Global Restraining Order Against Google

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal from Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Google Inc., a decision that affirmed a global restraining order against Google Inc. (Google) and Google Canada Corporation (Google...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Businesses rejoice but poster beware: Yelp ordered to identify anonymous reviewer

Many business have suffered the misery and frustration of a harshly negative, anonymous online review. That anonymity, critics argue, frees the reviewer from worries about the need for accuracy and, worse yet, encourages the...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Sixth Circuit Reinforces CDA Immunity – Reverses Lower Court in Jones v. Dirty World

On June 16th, 2014, the Sixth Circuit reversed the lower court’s holding that the gossip site, TheDirty.com, was responsible for its users’ defamatory posts and could not rely on immunity under CDA Section 230. The appeals...more

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