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California Wants to Hold Social Media Platforms Liable for User Posts Containing Bias- and Political-Hostility-Motivated Threats

California SB 771, which is now on Governor Newsom's desk for signature, would add a new statute that provides the… The post California Wants to Hold Social Media Platforms Liable for User Posts Containing Bias- and Political-Hostility-Motivated Threats appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Sep 26, 2025

Court Rejects Lawsuit Against AP Over Oct. 7 Deaths and Injuries, Premised on AP's Buying Photos from Allegedly Hamas-Connected Freelancers

From Judge Michael Moore's decision yesterday in Newman v. AP (S.D. Fla.): Several news organizations, including the AP, reported on… The post Court Rejects Lawsuit Against AP Over Oct. 7 Deaths and Injuries, Premised on AP's Buying Photos from Allegedly Hamas-Connected Freelancers appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 11, 2024

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Carriage and Removal Requirements for Internet Platforms: What Taamneh Tells Us," by Daphne Keller

This just-published article is here; the Abstract: The Supreme Court's 2023 Twitter v. Taamneh ruling arrived at a moment of potentially great change in the laws governing Internet platforms. The ruling, including Justice Thomas's factually dubious descriptions of platforms as passive and agnostic toward user content, will have major influence…

Reason · Nov 20, 2023

Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week about social media giants Google and Twitter in a pair of cases that could determine whether the justices effectively rewrite one of the central laws underpinning the modern internet before Congress does.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023

Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a pair of cases related to one of the central laws underpinning the modern internet.

Roll Call · Feb 17, 2023

Why Elon Musk banned Ye for 'inciting violence'–and what it means for the future of Twitter's content moderation policy

The Supreme Court is about to look into two cases that could determine the fate of Musk's Twitter.

Fortune · Dec 2, 2022

Supreme Court To Hear 2 Cases About Social Media Moderation and Liability for Terrorism

Does Section 230 shield YouTube from lawsuits about recommendations? Can Twitter be forced to pay damages over the terrorists it hasn’t banned?

Reason · Oct 3, 2022