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Content Moderation
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Meta Defeats Two More Account Termination/Content Removal Lawsuits
By Eric Goldman
Two more account termination/content removal cases fail, like dozens before them. Tate v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2026 WL 1146745 (N.D. Cal. April 28, 2026) This case involves the manosphere enthusiasts…
The Platform Law Blog
From Dependency to Fairness: Legal Pathways for Content Creators in Platform Markets
Over the past decade, a striking paradox has emerged in digital content markets. On the one hand, we have an unprecedented explosion of creativity; independent journalists, podcasters, musicians, game developers…
Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy
Guest Post: Digital structural authoritarianism – India’s IT Rules 2021 Draft Amendment
[This is a guest post by Rudraksh Lakra.] Introduction On March 30, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Section 230’s Application to Account Terminations, CSAM, and More
By Eric Goldman
The Section 230 cases keep coming faster than I can blog them (the first 3 hit my alerts in a single day). Weiss v. Google LLC, 2026 WL 733788 (Cal.…
Truth on the Market
When a Blue Checkmark Becomes a €120 Million Problem
The European Commission’s first major enforcement action under the Digital Services Act (DSA) offers an early glimpse of how the European Union intends to regulate large digital platforms—and how far…
Inside Global Tech
European Commission Issues Guidelines on Article 18 of the European Media Freedom Act
By Madelaine Harrington, Jane Pinho, Fredericka Argent
In a recent addition to the EU's evolving digital rulebook, the European Commission has published a set of Guidelines under the European Media Freedom Act ("EMFA"). The Guidelines advise very…
ComplexDiscovery
EU’s Preliminary DSA Findings Put TikTok’s Engagement Design in the Regulatory Crosshairs
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Europe’s DSA enforcement is widening from content moderation into product design—and TikTok is now the test case. The Commission’s preliminary view treats infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and…
The IPKat
[Guest Post] Labelling AI-Generated Content: Key Insights from the European Code’s First Draft
As the late Amy Winehouse almost said, "What kind of [fakery] is this?". Making AI-generated materials identifiable as such has been a long considered issue, and we are therefore delighted…
The Legal Wire
MCMC orders temporary restrictions against Grok
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has ordered temporary restrictions on access to X’s Grok AI, after repeated misuse involving obscene and harmful content. MCMC said the restriction took…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
District Court Again Rejects Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Manufacture Common Law Notice-and-Takedown Duties–Bogard v. TikTok
By Eric Goldman
This is a quirky lawsuit designed to subvert Section 230, the First Amendment, and traditional common law. I previously summarized the case: This lawsuit purports to focuses on the allegedly…