Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

On May 17, 2024, Colorado passed Senate Bill 24-205 (“the Colorado AI Law” or “the Law”), a broad law regulating so-called high-risk AI systems that becomes effective on February 1, 2026. state law developments all reinforce the incentives for companies to adopt AI governance programs.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 13, 2024

May 9, 2024). I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech. March 25, 2024). et al case.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

2024 WL 3952721 (S.D.N.Y. 27, 2024) BONUS: Google LLC v. Van Duc, 2024 WL 3740145 (N.D. July 23, 2024): the defendants allegedly falsely targeted 117k items through its copyright webform, which Google delisted based on these false premises. Case Citation : White v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It said 230 was not available to Letgo because, per Accusearch , “Plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded, for a motion under Rule 12(b)(6), that Defendants contributed in part to the allegedly offending ‘verified’ representation.” 2024 WL 372218 (10th Cir. 1, 2024) The post Online Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Murder–Roland v.

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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 2, 2024

2024 WL 1337370 (N.D. March 28, 2024) This case involves the same allegations as the GG v. Section 230 says there can be only one defendant for those items of third-party content, and it isn’t the tertiary player Salesforce. Google LLC , 2024 WL 1892291 (N.D. April 29, 2024). Doe (S.M.A.) Salesforce, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Backpage.com, LLC, 2024 WL 2853969 (N.D. March 20, 2024) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * The 7th Circuit’s Section 230 Jurisprudence’s Impact on FOSTA Cases * Grindr Defeats FOSTA Claim–Doe v. Case Citation : Doe (K.B.) Reddit * More Evidence that FOSTA Benefited No One * Omegle Denied Section 230 Dismissal–AM v.

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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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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2024

For example, state law might grant a high-ranking official like the director of the state department of transportation broad responsibility for the state highway system that, in context, includes authority to make official announcements on that subject. —- (March 15, 2024) O’Connor-Ratcliff v.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

9, 2024) The lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates DC’s consumer protection act. ” State v. July 29, 2024) Similar to the DC case, the lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates Vermont’s consumer protection act. Grindr, LLC , 2024 U.S. 2024 WL 4031496 (N.D. LEXIS 27 (D.C.

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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. In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. 2024 WL 5339485 (N.D. Prior blog post.

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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.” Grindr CDCal 2024 ; Doe v. The court dismissed the Second Amended Complaint in 2024.

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Defendant Failure-to-appear Court Judge 57

Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. 1, 2024) * * * Bonus 230 Ruling : Angelillo v.

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Defendant Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Court 118

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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