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'Subway Surfing' Death Suit Against TikTok, Meta Further Chips Away at Section 230

Norma Nazario blames her son's death on social media algorithms.

Reason

Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case

Alda Curtis, who earned US$1 for the T-shirt she sold on RedBubble, had US$600 removed from her PayPal account without explanation

The Guardian - AU

"Thumbs-Up Emoji Formed Binding Sales Contract in Canada"

Prof. Eric Goldman (Technology & Marketing Law Blog) has the details; an excerpt from the majority opinion that Prof. Goldman… The post "Thumbs-Up Emoji Formed Binding Sales Contract in Canada" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Judge may make Trump's life "miserable"

"He'll have to pay the price of the escalating jail time" if he continues to violate gag order, professor says

Salon

Pornhub Halts Texas Operations in Response to State's Age-Verification Legislation

A 5th Circuit's temporary stay mandates age verification and health warnings on porn sites

Latin Times

Pornhub suspends site in Texas due to state’s age-verification law

Legal experts say a 5th Circuit decision to uphold part of a Texas law regulating adult entertainment websites conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding minors’ access to obscene material online.

The Texas Tribune

"In Memoriam: Prof. Dan Burk"

I was very sad to hear yesterday of the untimely death of Prof. Dan Burk (UC Irvine), a leading scholar of intellectual property and of Internet law. I often ran into him and his work, and always much appreciated his contributions. Eric Goldman (Santa Clara) has an excellent remembrance, which…

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Federal Judge Blocks California Online Age-Checking Law as Unconstitutional

Shielding children from “harm” shouldn’t come at the expense of speech protected by the First Amendment.

Reason

Explainer: Why Supreme Court tiptoeing past Section 230 helps Big Tech fueled by social media

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models

The Independent UK

Stephen King slams Elon Musk’s ‘weird’ revamp of Twitter’s blue check marks: ‘I get paid to write. I don’t have to pay to do it’

Stephen King calls Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue subscription “kind of a head-scratcher.”

Fortune

Section 230: the rule before the Supreme Court that made the modern internet, explained

The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of an ISIS terrorism victim from California can sue Google, whose YouTube algorithms, they say, helped extremists spread their message and attract recruits.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today

The Independent UK

Google case at Supreme Court risks upending the internet as we know it

An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be held responsible for promoting harmful speech?

Tribune News Service

Biden expected to assail Silicon Valley Big Tech in State of the Union address

President Joe Biden will reportedly attack Big Tech in his State of the Union address Tuesday in a bid to unite lawmakers in Washington concerned about the industry’s unprecedented influence and impact on all facets of American life.

Tribune News Service

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The Independent UK

As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job

As Elon Musk is finding out, running a global social media platform requires more than a few good algorithms

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified

Almost no one noticed in 1996 when Congress gave online social media platforms sweeping legal immunity from what their users posted on them.

Reason

First Amendment Limits on State Laws Targeting Election Misinformation, Part V

The need for a comprehensive strategy addressing election misinformation.

Axios

California's new age rules for sites and apps raise a ruckus

The state's new law aims to protect kids and teens online from privacy violations and safety risks.

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New York attorney general launches probe of Twitch and Discord after Buffalo shooting

The investigation targets online platforms including video-streaming site Twitch, messaging platform Discord and the anonymous message board 4chan.

Reason

"Like, Share or Cancel: Social Media & The First Amendment"

I much enjoyed this Florida Bar Media & Communications Law CLE conversation with Prof. Eric Goldman, Chris Marchese, and Pamela Marsh, moderated by David Karp; it's mostly about the Florida social media access law, but we discussed the broader First Amendment questions as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26J8cPSdups

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