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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Atkinson’s implied warranty allegations all center on Meta Platforms’ removal of his posts… Atkinson cannot circumvent Section 230(c)(1) ‘by changing the name of the theory’ or mislabeling ‘an action that is quintessentially that of a publisher.'” It didn’t go so well for him. ” Section 230.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 16, 2023
“Action temporarily blocking Plaintiff’s account by Twitter, which is a private company, and its CEO, Elon Musk, is not government action.” Google Court Rejects Another Lawsuit Alleging that Internet Companies Suppress Conservative Views–Freedom Watch v. The opinion summarizes the allegations: Defendants Twitter, Inc.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 28, 2022
When a general disclosure law prompts a company to change its behavior (which sometimes is the legislature’s hope or intent), those changes don’t necessarily impact the company’s speech outputs. ” “There is a fortune waiting for any company that creates a successful alternative to the Platforms.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 8, 2022
“Facebook and Twitter made contemporaneous statements that they took action because they concluded that Hart had violated company policy,” not because of any government directives. Nor can coercion be inferred from President Biden’s comment that social media companies are “killing people.” You can guess how that went.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 26, 2023
Rather, the evidence reflects that the nature of the communications between officials from the White House, Office of the Surgeon General, and Center for Disease Control and Prevent and Google is one of “consultation and information sharing”. In 2020, the Ninth Circuit held that YouTube was not a state actor. It still isn’t.
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