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Court dismisses First Amendment suit over city supervisor’s X account and account suspension
May 13, 2026 - A federal court in California dismissed a pro se attorney's Section 1983 lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, a San Francisco supervisor, . . .
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Ninth Circuit shuts down Section 230 argument that would have provided an end-run around immunity
April 29, 2026 - Two members of the Rohingya community, a persecuted ethnic minority in Myanmar, sued Meta in California federal court, alleging that Facebook's algorithmic design amplified anti-Rohingya . . .
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Embedding video may not be copyright fair use
April 27, 2026 - Plaintiff, a professional videographer, sued defendant, an operator of an online hip-hop news publication, for copyright infringement. Plaintiff had recorded two videos: a short clip . . .
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Keyword advertising as trademark infringement: court declines to rule it out
April 20, 2026 - A Washington psychiatrist sued a competing nurse practitioner and her clinic for trademark infringement and misappropriation of his name and identity. Plaintiff David Penner, owner . . .
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AI model training case raising DMCA anticircumvention issues moves forward
April 16, 2026 - Plaintiff record companies sued defendant Udio, an AI music generation platform that allows users to create songs from text prompts and audio inputs. Plaintiffs alleged . . .
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Social media addiction claims against Meta not barred by Section 230
April 14, 2026 - Since the mid-90s, Section 230 (47 U.S.C. §230) has functioned as a kind of legal safety net for internet platforms, shielding them from lawsuits and . . .
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Social media posts about divorce caused man to be found in contempt of court
April 8, 2026 - The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin affirmed an order holding a husband in contempt for violating a family-court ban on social media posts about his . . .
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No restraining order in domain name dispute involving Robinhood founder
April 7, 2026 - A federal court in California has denied emergency relief in a cybersquatting case involving Vlad Tenev, the co-founder of Robinhood, the popular investment platform. The . . .
