Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2025

Thats the basis for a recent opinion from a Florida federal district court that could have major implications for online services CSAM detection and reporting practices. Now, however, a district court decision suggests that providers can no longer take it for granted that they wont face liability for reporting non-CSAM.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The district court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit affirms every point of the district court’s decision. ” BTW, I disagree with the court’s summation of the Internet Brands case; I feel the Ninth Circuit got that one wrong because that case was always about third-party content.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 17, 2025

The court summarizes: The plaintiffs commenced this action in connection with the death by suicide of 16 year old Chase Nasca on February 18, 2022 after he walked in front of a train. April 14, 2025). TikTok defended on Section 230 grounds. Among other points, the plaintiffs argued that TikTok should have age authenticated all users.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2025

In a footnote, the court notes that if the defendant is a consumer reporting agency, the defamation claim also will be preempted by the FCRA). The court continues: Plaintiff also alleges that Defendant violate[d] the prohibition on publishing obsolete information in violation of 1681c(a)(2) of the FCRA.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 21, 2025

However, with scant followup media attention, this lawsuit (filed in August, dismissed in December) rocket-docketed to failure faster than remanufactured printer cartridges run out of ink. The court grants the Section 230 dismissal for all but one set of allegations. The court could have handled this doctrinally other ways.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 27, 2025

My blog post on the district court opinion (I focused on the 230 issue, but this ruling turns on the failure of the prima facie elements). The court says that allegation (and others) is too unspecific. Second, her track record in court is littered with futility. The panel says there’s no RICO “enterprise.”

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Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

2025 WL 1314179 (N.D. May 6, 2025) Prior blog posts ( 1 , 2 ). 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.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 5, 2025

The revised bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent in February 2025. Jess Miers (with additional comments from Eric) Generated by ChatGPT Two things can be true: Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) is a serious and gendered harm. Background In October 2023, two high school students became the victims of AI-generated NCII.

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