Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Pornhub * Catching Up on Recent FOSTA Developments (None of Them Good) * Section 230 Preempts Claims Against Omegle–M.H. G6 * FOSTA Claim Can Proceed Against Twitter–Doe v. Twitter * FOSTA Survives Constitutional Challenge–US v.

Defendant 98

Defendant Lawsuit Court Hearing 98

Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

This judge focused solely on Ninth Circuit precedent, which makes sense because this court is in the Ninth Circuit’s territory and that will help with any appeal). Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. MySpace ruling , but it dealt with this criminal-victim matching argument.

Lawsuit 88

Lawsuit Criminal trial Court Failure-to-appear 88

Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Pornhub * Catching Up on Recent FOSTA Developments (None of Them Good) * Section 230 Preempts Claims Against Omegle–M.H. G6 * FOSTA Claim Can Proceed Against Twitter–Doe v. Twitter * FOSTA Survives Constitutional Challenge–US v.

Lawsuit 97

Lawsuit Court Defendant Hearing 97

Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Tertiary liability is a doctrine too far for this judge, even after all of the plaintiff-favorable inferences made along the way. Then again, the plaintiffs have the ability to amend the complaint, so maybe they can recharacterize Salesforce’s omniscience enough to satisfy this judge. Google LLC , 2024 WL 1892291 (N.D.

Lawsuit 96

Lawsuit Defendant Court Judge 96

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case.

Lawsuit 64

Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Defendant Court 64

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Pornhub * Catching Up on Recent FOSTA Developments (None of Them Good) * Section 230 Preempts Claims Against Omegle–M.H. G6 * FOSTA Claim Can Proceed Against Twitter–Doe v. Twitter * FOSTA Survives Constitutional Challenge–US v.

Lawsuit 98

Lawsuit Court Defendant Failure-to-appear 98

Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Perhaps Facebook should have done a better job articulating this, but the judge was far too eager to disrespect the editorial function. “The District’s stated interest in prosecuting its claims is the protection of children from the significant adverse effects of the addictive design features on Meta’s social media platforms.

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Court Lawsuit Judge Defendant 105

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. The plaintiff objected to the magistrate’s R&R, but the supervising judge rejects the objections. Unsurprisingly, this judge thinks the Anderson v. The plaintiff brought a FOSTA lawsuit. Prior blog post.

Defendant 59

Defendant Lawsuit Judge Court 59

Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

Previously in this case, Judge Coogler denied Pornhub’s motion to dismiss, certified a class of plaintiffs, and denied summary judgment to Pornhub. The case got reassigned to a new judge, and Pornhub requested permission to make an interlocutory appeal. The new judge denied this request as well. TikTok ruling.

Defendant 59

Defendant Failure-to-appear Court Judge 59

Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Pornhub * Catching Up on Recent FOSTA Developments (None of Them Good) * Section 230 Preempts Claims Against Omegle–M.H. G6 * FOSTA Claim Can Proceed Against Twitter–Doe v. Twitter * FOSTA Survives Constitutional Challenge–US v.

Defendant 117

Defendant Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Court 117

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In light of the strong hostility to Section 23o among the Fifth Circuit judges, every Section 230 case that reaches the Fifth Circuit is likely to be a jurisprudential roller-coaster. appointed Judge Morales from the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Note: the opinion was written by Trump 1.0-appointed

Defendant 59

Defendant Court Lawsuit Judge 59