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Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Section 230 Survives the Grindr (Again)

Social media safety is very much in the news these days, with policymakers unleashing a torrent of legislation to protect children online, such as age verification measures, parental consent mandates, data privacy...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Vimeo’s Fleeting Interaction With Videos Doesn’t Negate Safe Harbor Protections

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision, granting Vimeo qualified protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor provision. Capitol Records, LLC v. Vimeo,...more

Segal McCambridge

Fifth Circuit Ruling: Section 230 Does Not Shield Salesforce from Sex-Trafficking Claims

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a pivotal decision allowing sex-trafficking victims to proceed with their lawsuit against Salesforce, Inc., despite Salesforce’s attempt to invoke...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New Cyber Security Rules for US Technology Companies Operating in the EU

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The EU is in the course of passing a range of new cyber security legislation which will apply to US businesses who provide services in the EU. One part of that legislative programme is the new Network and Information Security...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Future of Section 230: Protection Against Product Liability Claims?

Courts around the country are grappling with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 generally shields online platforms from liability for content posted by third-party users, but courts are now deciding if...more

Stark & Stark

Social Media’s Legal Dilemma: Curated Harmful Content

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As proliferation of harmful content online has increasingly become easier and more accessible through social media, review websites and other online public forums, businesses and politicians have pushed to reform and limit...more

Segal McCambridge

TikTok, The “Blackout Challenge”, and the New Limits on Section 230 Immunity

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In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that TikTok could be held liable in a wrongful death suit stemming from the “Blackout Challenge” — a disturbing trend promoted through the...more

Benesch

The Potential Applicability of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in Search Engines in the AI Age

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In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the integration of AI into search engines has marked a significant shift. Recent announcements from major tech events such as Apple’s WWDC 2024 and Google I/O...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Part 2(A) – Section 230: 27 Years Old And Still In The Spotlight

In this second installment of our six-part series examining Section 230, the section of the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA) that immunizes online service providers from liability stemming from the publication and...more

White & Case LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Reconsider Foundational Principles of Internet Platform Liability

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On May 18, 2023, in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion declining to impose secondary liability on tech companies for allegedly failing to prevent ISIS from using their platforms for...more

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets

SCOTUS: Social Media Companies Not Liable For Aiding And Abetting ISIS

In Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, the Supreme Court unanimously held that social media companies are not liable for aiding and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its terrorist acts that victims claimed resulted...more

Jones Day

Australia's High Court Confirms Facebook Page "Owner" Responsible For Defamatory Comments by Third Parties

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Background  - Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd, Nationwide News Pty Ltd and Australian News Channel Pty Ltd all maintain public Facebook pages allowing comments from members of the public. Dylan Voller commenced...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Is Amazon Liable For Third-Party Sellers’ Products? To Date, The Answer For E-Commerce Retailers May Depend On Where They Are

Online transactions on Amazon now account for over 50% of U.S. e-commerce. The company, already a massive corporation with enormous market share prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related rise in online shopping, saw its...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Can You #Hashtag the Liability Away?

Social Media has gone from frontier to “settled land of influencers” when it comes to brand promotion. In 2020, social media ad revenues reached $41.5 billion, making up nearly 30 percent of all internet and ad revenue. The...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Section 230 and the Future of Content Moderation

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The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was a landmark law enacted to regulate content on the internet. The purpose of the legislation was to regulate indecent and obscene material online, but it is most relevant today...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Are Online Marketplaces Liable for Product Defects? California Says Yes

As companies increasingly open and support online marketplaces for third parties to sell goods and products, the question has arisen as to what happens when one of those products is defective. Who is liable for any harm the...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Changing the Rules of the Internet? The Uncertain Future of Platform and Intermediary Liability

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The success of the modern internet can, in many ways, be traced to the passing of the watershed law of internet regulation that provides immunity from civil lawsuits for platforms or other internet intermediaries that publish...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Three Ways the SAFE TECH Act Would Amend Section 230

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While we are still in the infancy of the Biden Administration, it is clear that bipartisan desire to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“Section 230”) remains active. On February 8, 2021, Sen. Mark Warner...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The Misinformation of Capitol Hill: Section 230 and the Weaponization of Social Media

Social media has experienced an unprecedented growth in popularity and usage since its inception. This is owed in large part to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Unlike their print counterparts, internet...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Online Communications and Content: How Section 230 Reform Has Catapulted into Relevancy

Throughout much of 2020, Members of Congress, the Trump Administration, and even Associate Justice Clarence Thomas have highlighted the reasonableness in reevaluating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 USC...more

Butler Snow LLP

A Link in the Chain? Developments Regarding E-Commerce Website Liability for Defective Products Sold by Third-Party Vendors

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More than 100 years ago, the New York Court of Appeals issued its now-infamous opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., which ushered American courts into a new age of personal injury jurisprudence. Writing for the majority,...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

The Implications of Trump's Executive Order and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

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Last week, President Trump signed an Executive Order targeting social media companies and the liability protections afforded to them under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (Section 230). The Order directs the...more

Hogan Lovells

German Federal Court of Justice submits copyright dispute over YouTube to CJEU

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This week, copyright is all over the place. After the European Parliament voted on proposed copyright reform in Europe last Wednesday (12 September 2018), the long-awaited decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH)...more

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Liability regulation of online platforms in the UK

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The UK's diverse ecology of online platforms is a key growth engine for the UK economy and society. It enables knowledge discovery, sales, social and economic interaction and the sharing and distribution of content. ...more

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