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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). On July 4, 2023, a federal judge declared FREEDOM from government censorship of Internet services. In 2023, the EU launched its Digital Services Act. Then, in Liapes v. Two big differences, however.

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

2007); Shah v. Discovery Communications LLC , 2023 WL 3335417 (Fla. May 10, 2023) The post Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. I’ve stopped tracking all of the times Section 230 has immunized search results. Here’s an incomplete list: Maughan v. Google Technology, Inc., 4th 1242 (Cal.

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Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta

Eric Goldman

Google ruling from 2007. 2023 WL 5749258 (N.D. 6, 2023) The post Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. The court defers considering whether 230 could preempt it too. In our Advertising & Marketing Law casebook, Prof. Tushnet and I include the Langdon v. Case citation : Newton v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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If I own my land, why can’t I build an earthship?

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

13] In New Mexico, Michael Reynolds spearheaded the Sustainable Development Testing Site Act, which passed in 2007 and allows counties to designate specific rural areas for the testing and development of sustainable technologies and concepts in a state which historically used large tracts of land as a nuclear testing ground. [14] 16, 2025).

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Section 230 Once Again Immunizes Google’s Search Results–Metroka v. PA Law Enforcement

Eric Goldman

2007); Shah v. Discovery Communications LLC , 2023 WL 3335417 (Fla. May 10, 2023) Case citation : Metroka v. Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement, 2023 WL 3767745 (E.D. June 1, 2023) The post Section 230 Once Again Immunizes Google’s Search Results–Metroka v. Google Technology, Inc., 4th 1242 (Cal.

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

2023), I already had my red grading pen out. 140 (2023), since that decision was expected to provide guidance to lower courts for resolving free speech defenses in trademark infringement cases. 2007)) and the “ My Other Bag ” tote bag (Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. MSCHF Prod. Studio, Inc. LEXIS 32063 (2d Cir. VIP Prods. ,

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

August 9, 2023) This case involves StubHub’s obligations to provide refunds due to COVID cancellations. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com. July 28, 2023) This is one of the seemingly infinite number of Facebook Pixel cases. In re: StubHub Refund Litigation , No.