Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

The plaintiffs asserted products liability and related claims against Snap, on the premise that Snap “is an inherently dangerous software product that Defendants deceptively advertise and promote in a way that facilitates sex crimes against children.” ” Third-Party Content. ” Application.

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Failure-to-appear Defendant Lawsuit Court 118

Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

The 9th Circuit held that some foreign defendants were subject to jurisdiction. On remand, the court dismisses the remaining defendants primarily due to Section 230, with leave to amend. They then uploaded the videos (“Videos”) to adult websites operated by two of the defendants, i.e., WebGroup Czech Republic, a.s.

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Defendant Lawsuit Court Hearing 98

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

MG Freesites because the defendant in that case hosted the video and allegedly exercised other content moderation steps around it. FOSTA The plaintiff invoked the FOSTA exception to Section 230, which required the court to decide if plaintiffs to show the defendant had the higher scienter required by 1591 or the lower scienter of 1595.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court Hearing 52

Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

May 3, 2023) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Martono * 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 4 (FOSTA) * Justice Thomas’ Anti-Section 230 Statement Doesn’t Support Reconsideration–JB v. Per Reddit, the panel said yes to Q1 and no to Q2. Case citations : J.B. Craigslist, Inc. Twitter, Inc.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court e-filing 111

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Martono * 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 4 (FOSTA) * Justice Thomas’ Anti-Section 230 Statement Doesn’t Support Reconsideration–JB v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Hearing 124

Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

Thus, this rhetorical move doesn’t help defendants identify what conduct is clearly legal. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Hearing 97

Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Section 230 says there can be only one defendant for those items of third-party content, and it isn’t the tertiary player Salesforce. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. The plaintiffs also invoked FOSTA.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court Judge 96

Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Martono * 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 4 (FOSTA) * Justice Thomas’ Anti-Section 230 Statement Doesn’t Support Reconsideration–JB v.

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Lawsuit Criminal trial Court Failure-to-appear 88

Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Federal and State Legislation There is currently no federal law that specifically regulates biometric privacy. Among other proposed federal legislation, the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020 died in Congress last year. Preparing to defend class actions. Is that notice public?

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Compliance Federal law Data protection Machine learning 52

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.

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Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Defendant Court 64

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Martono * 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 4 (FOSTA) * Justice Thomas’ Anti-Section 230 Statement Doesn’t Support Reconsideration–JB v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Failure-to-appear 98

Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

To establish individual liability, the FTC must show that the individual defendant participated directly in the illegal practices or had authority to control them. In order to bring an action under this provision, the FTC must establish that the defendant had actual or constructive knowledge ( e., 3 (May 12, 2020). [15]

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Compliance Court Litigator Litigation 52

Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Florida federal court might also apply Florida state law, which includes the old Doe v. In other words, in each case, the defendant had a contract agreeing to provide servicesdto the plaintiff that the plaintiff valued, so I don’t see any basis to distinguish among these cases. ” This makes no sense.

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Court Lawsuit Judge Defendant 105

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A prior ruling summarized the facts the court describes as “harrowing”: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (Charles) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Defendants require all videos to contain tags. No video could be uploaded without choosing from a set of Defendants’ created tags.

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Defendant Lawsuit Judge Court 59

Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

The court says this isn’t a dispositive issue because “Judge Coogler would have come to the conclusion that Defendants were content providers and thus not entitled to immunity under Section 230 even if he had not considered Anderson.” TikTok ruling. This is both a Section 230 AND First Amendment issue. ” Say what?

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Defendant Failure-to-appear Court Judge 57

Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

[Trump came close to repealing Section 230 in the 2020 lame-duck Congressional session (while he was also busy fomenting the J6 insurrection). The parties agree to use the Roommates.com-inspired test that a defendant becomes an ICP when it “materially contributes to the unlawfulness of the conduct.” Is OnlyFans an ICP?

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Defendant Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Court 117

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How can the “back-office business services” vendor be deemed the proximate cause of any harms with two other defendants in front of it? For the plaintiffs to win against Salesforce (the tertiary defendant), they will need to show that the primary and secondary defendants committed legal violations (i.e.,

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Defendant Court Lawsuit Judge 59