Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018 ?). Section 230 Ripoff Report claimed that removal was justified because Section 230 completely preempted the state law claims. Cites to Zeran v. AOL (the district court opinion!) News You Can Use.”

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

What is less known is that many of these states also impose substantive cybersecurity requirements. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we examine the general cybersecurity obligations under state law, including common themes and recent developments. Since then, approximately 23 states and Washington, D.C. state laws.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It would have been easy to save the list at the end of each day.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But this new era of AI has not come without controversy, as authors and rights holders have launched waves of litigation against the companies that trained and released generative AI models, as well as their investors and affiliates, alleging violations of intellectual property rights.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

We’re still working through the first wave of litigation testing Congress’ poor handiwork. As you know, FOSTA was a poorly drafted statute with terrible policy outcomes. Last October , in Doe v. Reddit, the Ninth Circuit issued an important ruling interpreting FOSTA.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Mindgeek litigation, the court certified a class of CSAM victims suing Mindgeek for “knowingly” disseminating videos of them. Despite that, I’m sure the plaintiffs will appeal this ruling back to the Ninth Circuit. Case Citation : Doe v. Twitter, Inc. 2023 WL 8568911 (N.D. 11, 2023) BONUS: In the Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Snap litigation. Salesforce invoked the Fifth Circuit’s Doe v. MySpace ruling, which is binding on this court (whereas the GG decision is not). The MySpace precedent is shaky in the Fifth Circuit after the recent Doe v.

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