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New Media and Technology Law Blog
App Store Protected by CDA Immunity (and Limitation of Liability) for Losses from Fraudulent Crypto Wallet App
In a recent ruling, a California district court held that Apple, as operator of that App Store, was protected from liability for losses resulting from that type of fraudulent activity.…
Consumer products law blog
Social media apps, CDA section 230, and products liability
By Will Troutman (US), Susan Ross (US)
Earlier this month, we saw an eye-opening Ninth Circuit opinion regarding products liability theories applied to social media apps. In short, the Ninth Circuit held section 230 of the Communications…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
DOJ Submits CDA Reform Proposal to Congress to Curtail Protections for Online Platforms
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230 (“Section 230” or the “CDA”), enacted in 1996, is generally viewed as the most important statute supporting the growth of…
Socially Aware Blog
New copyright registration option for bloggers; AT&T’s opinion on CDA §230; questions about YouTube’s anti-hate rules
By Aaron Rubin
A federal district court judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., dismissed the complaint in a case filed by Genius, a platform that lets users share and annotate lyrics, holding that the plaintiff’s…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
President to Unveil Executive Order to Address CDA Section 230 Protections
UPDATE: On the afternoon of May 28, 2020, the President signed the executive order concerning CDA Section 230. A copy/link to the order has not yet been posted on the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Revenge Porn Lawyer Weighs in on Rep. Katie Hill’s Resignation
By Tracy Thomas
Revenge Porn Lawyer Carrie Goldberg Weighs in on Katie Hill's ResignationRep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), 32, is one of the youngest female members of Congress and the first-ever openly bisexual member…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
In a Divided Opinion, California Supreme Court Squashes End Run around CDA Immunity That Sought to Compel a Non-Party Online Platform to Remove Defamatory Content
UPDATE: On January 22, 2019, the Supreme Court denied review of the California Supreme Court decision. In a closely-followed dispute, the California Supreme Court vacated a lower court order, based…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
State Appeals Court Concludes Employer Not Protected by CDA Section 230 in Employee Stalking Case, and Seems to Shrink the Statute along the Way
An Illinois state appeals court recently held that although an employer that provided network connectivity to its employees is an “interactive service provider” under Section 230 of the Communications Decency…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
New York High Court Splits on Applicability of Communications Decency Act Section 230 to Online Forum Operator
A divided New York Court of Appeals ruled on June 14, 2011, that an online forum administrator’s additions to an allegedly defamatory post by a user are protected by Section…
The Faculty Lounge
Hyperlinking and Defamation in Canada
(Cross-posted from Madisonian.net) With thanks to one of my Canadian students for forwarding this to me, it appears that the the Supreme Court of Canada will soon be deciding a…