Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
what's next for advertisers looking for controls Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Not-for-profit ad group GARM shuts down after X lawsuit Seb Joseph / Digiday : Elon Musk's lawsuit shatters GARM, reveal...
A US judge dismisses X's lawsuit against CCDH, saying the suit had been brought as a means toward “punishing the defendants for their speech”; X plans to appeal
in a win for free speech. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : Good. Musk does not support free speech. He supports his speech and tries to us...
A look at Germany's hate speech laws, more restrictive than other Western countries, as 1,000+ are charged or punished since 2018 for online speech crimes
Battling far-right extremism, Germany has gone further than any other Western democracy to prosecute individuals for what they say online … Tweets: @satariano , @kashhill , @kashhill , @tjmcintyre , @...
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works
from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction … Tweets: @ngrossman81 , @steve_vladeck , @jeffjarvis , @mschruers , @fernandorgallo , ...
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works
from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction … Tweets: @ngrossman81 , @steve_vladeck , @ericowensdc , @fernandorgallo , @jeffjarvis ...
The Delaware Court of Chancery grants Twitter an expedited five-day trial in October in its lawsuit against Elon Musk, who wanted the trial to begin in 2023
The year was 1944. The world was at war. Jon Fingas / Engadget : Judge grants Twitter expedited trial against Elon Musk Insider : Twitter wins first battle in lawsuit with Musk after judge agrees to ...
Republicans, who opposed common carrier status for ISPs in the net neutrality debate, now want social media platforms to be treated like “public utilities”
Washington Post : Tweets: @viacristiano , @sayreevan , @jeffjarvis , @adamthierer , @karlbode , @karlbode , @willoremus , and @aclu Tweets: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : New: How did the GOP, whic...
Facebook's refusal to pay a misguided media tax, pushed by Rupert Murdoch, is a defense of the open web and criticizing it for rejecting a link tax is bizarre
I have no problem with “big tech” or “Silicon Valley” or anything else, just Facebook which is really bad. James Surowiecki / @jamessurowiecki : No way to win. Facebook chooses not to pay. Google, doi...
EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally
but not for privacy. https://www.bbc.com/... Jesse Blumenthal / @jessekblum : Important victory for free speech European countries may have the ability to censor legitimate speech within their countri...
UK court on right to be forgotten: Google has to remove links about one man who “showed remorse” for past conviction, can keep links for another, who didn't
and it could set an important precedent MacDailyNews : Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg : Google Told to Remove Links to Businessman's Criminal Case Brian Farmer...