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AD-ttorneys@law - December 2023

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Guess Who Members Can’t Share the Band - Ancient rockers hurl lawsuit at former bros, but will it stick? When Friends Fall Out - Baroque internecine conflicts and acrimonious legal battles are nothing new in the...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Witness Tampering In The Age Of Social Media

Witness tampering has been central to several significant political and legal scandals throughout US history. Defined as the act of attempting to improperly influence, intimidate, or impede a witness’s testimony or...more

Saiber LLC

The Supreme Court Gets a Second Shot at an Important First Amendment and Social Media Issue

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The May 10, 2021 post The Donald Trump Twitter Case: Vacated and Dismissed as Moot by the Supreme Court reported how the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia University v. Trump, in which the...more

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The Donald Trump Twitter Case: Vacated and Dismissed as Moot by the Supreme Court

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The June 14, 2018 post “The President May Not Block Twitter Followers Because They Disagree With Him Politically” reported how the District Court in Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia University v. Trump, 302 F.Supp.3d...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Should CDA Section 230 Be Changed?

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In the current environment of reckoning for the societal power of Big Tech, one threat seems ever-present on the tongues of those who would cut these companies down to size. Enacting this threat is likely to have the opposite...more

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The First Amendment: Where it is Implicated, and Where it is Not

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Executive Summary: In the wake of the January 6, 2021, unrest at the United States Capitol Building and several social media outlets suspending President Trump’s accounts, free speech is a hot topic. Although the right to...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Trip.com’s first-quarter earnings release garners mixed reviews; Expedia Group pledges $275...

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This week’s Update again features more stories than usual. With so many in the lodging industry using the current downturn as an opportunity to question “business as usual,” we want to be as inclusive as possible. Enjoy....more

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What Trump’s Executive Order Could Do to Social Media Provider Immunity

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Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act, which has been around for more than 20 years, gives online platform providers and others protection from claims that information posted on their sites by third parties...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

President’s Twitter Use a Cautionary Tale for Public Officials

The First Amendment continues to evolve to ensure speakers remain protected. This was recently substantiated by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University,...more

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Trump's Tweets: A Warning That Public Officials' Personal Social Media Posts Might Actually Be The Government's

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A recent federal appeals court decision, Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, concluded that action taken by the President through the use of his personal, not just official White House, Twitter account was considered...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The “Commander-in-Tweet” Returns: When a Social Media Account Creates a Public Forum, Critics Get to Stay

Two years ago, we wrote about a possible First Amendment challenge involving Donald Trump’s practice of blocking certain Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account. ...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

President Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, U.S. Appellate Court Rules

The court concluded its opinion with an observation that at this time in history, “wide-open, robust debate” is the best assurance of good government. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last week that public...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Second Circuit Affirms That President Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter

In a closely watched case, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 8, 2019 that President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking disfavored users on his @RealDonaldTrump Twitter account. This important...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Second Circuit Holds That Blocking Users’ Access To Presidential Twitter Account Violates First Amendment

On July 9, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the First Amendment prohibits the government from blocking social media users from accessing the Twitter account @realDonaldTrump. See Knight First...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Online Publishers Beware: An iPhone Snap May Go Viral, but Unauthorized Commercial Use is Still Not Fair Use

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When nuptials are celebrated at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, the newlyweds may be in for a surprise when the owner drops by to provide a photo op for the wedding party. Such an act in 2017 yielded a snapshot of...more

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The Public Square Has Gone Online - BB&K Attorneys Christine Wood And HongDao Nguyen Write About Public Officials’ Social Media...

Social media is the modern-day public square. Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms have effectively harnessed technology to turn communication into an interactive dialogue — fundamentally shifting the way...more

Jackson Walker

The First Amendment and Social Media Commentary

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Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter typically allow users to delete unwanted commentary or block others with whom they disagree from posting on the user’s page or post. The subject matter of the offending...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

First Amendment Bars Trump from Blocking Critics on Twitter, Court Rules

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A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment prohibits President Donald J. Trump from blocking Twitter users because of political disagreements....more

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Social Links: Instagram’s new tool to denote paid posts; the world’s 1st autonomous-vehicle public transportation system for the...

Instagram is now allowing a limited number of users to identify branded content with a “paid partnership” subhead instead of using hashtags like #ad and #sponsored to identify sponsored posts. The platform says it plans to...more

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