9th Circuit won't reconsider decision rejecting Myanmar refugees' bid to revive claims that @Meta fueled the Rohingya genocide by spreading hate speech on Facebook. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Meta petitions SCOTUS to intervene in Nevada (and Massachusetts) 'addiction' suits. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26...
DOJ files amicus urging 5th Circuit to revive Musk's ad boycott claims against advertisers. www.mediapost.com/publications...
DOJ Backs Musk Push To Revive Boycott Case Against Advertisers
The Department of Justice is siding with Elon Musk in his effort to reinstate antitrust claims against 10 advertisers that allegedly participated in a "group boycott" of X.
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NetChoice to ask SCOTUS to rule that Ohio's social media law violates the First Amendment. The law prohibits some web services with social functionality from allowing minors under 16 to create accounts without parental permission. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Google, Meta and TikTok renew bid to halt California law banning algorithmic recommendations. Meta engineer says banning recommendations could make services "unrecognizable." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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9th Circuit says Meta can't bring interlocutory appeal of ruling that allowed addiction lawsuits to go forward. Says S 230 provides immunity from liability, not from suit. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
New Mexico judge says S. 230 doesn't protect Meta from claims about its design features like algorithmic recommendations, infinite scroll. Same judge rejects request to force Meta to revise those features because that order conflict with S. 230.
Judge rejects tech platforms' request to block California law restricting personalized recommendations. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Musk asks 5th Circ. to reinstate ad boycott suit against advertisers. www.mediapost.com/publications...
6th Circuit rejects NetChoice request to reconsider ruling that upheld Ohio's social media law. prior: mediapost.com/publications...
9th Circuit sides against Amazon, lifts injunction banning Perplexity. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
I cannot remember any previous administration so willy-nilly in its indictments of innocent people just to get headlines
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com · 2w agoBREAKING: The Trump administration has moved to drop its felony Reflecting Pool case against a former Olympic canoeist, admitting their allegations against David "Davey" Hearn don't hold water.
Federal SDNY judge rejects Perplexity's and SerpApi's motion to dismiss key claims in Reddit's copyright lawsuit over scraping. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
ABC urges FCC to drop "extraordinary & unprecedented" license renewal procdg. "The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price." www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
Meta asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay of states' lawsuit over addiction. Absent intervention, a suit by 4 states will start August 12.
Consumer Federation of America urges judge to reject Meta's argument that S. 230 immunizes it from a consumer protection lawsuit over fake ads.
Judge dismisses @Google complaint against @serp_api but grants leave to amend. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Trump administration policy of denying visas/attempting to deport people who research problematic content on social media likely violates the First Amendment, judge rules in lawsuit brought by Coalition for Independent Technology Research prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Nebraska AG to ask 8th Circuit to lift block on social media law, enjoined last month on 1st Amendment grounds. www.mediapost.com/publications...
Nebraska Will Ask Appeals Court To Lift Block On Parental Consent Law
Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers plans to ask the 8th Circuit to allow immediate enforcement of a law requiring social platforms to prohibit anyone under 18 from creating accounts without par...
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Judge rejects authors' request for immediate appeal of ruling that Meta entitled to "fair use" defense to claims that it violated copyright by using pirated books to train AI. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Authors Seek To Appeal Pro-Meta Ruling Over AI Training
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Laura Lippman and other authors are asking a federal judge to authorize an appeal of his pro-Meta ruling in a dispute over the tech company's alleged use of pirated books...
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.@ccianet.bsky.social to 11th Circ: Fla social media law should be struck down for same reason SCOTUS invalidated campaign finance restrictions: "Florida has not shown that less restrictive alternatives ... are insufficient to serve its interests."
SCOTUS denies CCIA and Student group request to block Texas App Store Accountability Act www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Meta signals it will ask SCOTUS to review rulings in Massachusetts & Nevada requiring company to face AGs' addiction suits. Company currently seeking deadline extensions for cert petitions. prior: mediapost.com/publications...
.@netchoice.bsky.social might ask 6th Circuit for rehearing en banc of 2-1 ruling that allowed Ohio to enforce social media restrictions.
