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Design-Based Lawsuits Against Platform Companies Reveal Fault Lines in Courts’ Section 230 Interpretations

November 1, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Section 230
- Analysis
In Anderson v. TikTok, the Third Circuit Applies Questionable First Amendment Reasoning to Arrive at the Correct Section 230 Outcome

October 10, 2024

The opinion correctly held that Section 230 did not bar the claims to the extent that they alleged TikTok’s own algorithmic design caused the tragic circumstances, but it arrived at its decision through a questionable First Amendment analysis instead of careful Section 230 reasoning. TikTok is now asking the entire Third Circuit to re-hear the case and overturn the initial ruling.
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Section 230
- The First Amendment
- Analysis
Ninth Circuit Recognizes Section 230 Not a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Tech Companies That Allegedly Lie to Users

August 22, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Section 230
- Updates
Utah Federal District Court Beats Back NetChoice’s Typically Overbroad Section 230 Arguments

July 25, 2024
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Updates
Section 230 & Platform Accountability

July 22, 2024
- Section 230
Ninth Circuit Agrees with EPIC: Judges Must Apply a Narrow, Duties-Based Section 230 Analysis to Each Claim in a Lawsuit

May 21, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Updates
In Doe v. Grindr, EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Continue Using Its Narrow, Nuanced Section 230 Approach

May 20, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Updates
EPIC Traces the Ninth Circuit’s Surprisingly Narrow Section 230 Interpretation as the Court Hears Two Important Cases

April 11, 2024

As the Ninth Circuit hears oral argument in two important Section 230 cases, EPIC staff analyzes the court's surprisingly narrow interpretation of the important and controversial statute.
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Analysis
EPIC Submits Amicus Brief Urging Ninth Circuit to Recognize Limitations to Section 230 in Case About Illegal Gambling Apps

November 3, 2023

EPIC submits amicus brief urging the Court to recognize the limits of Section 230 in case involving tech companies' profiting from illegal gambling apps.
- Consumer Privacy
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Updates
EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Reinforce Previously Established Limits on Section 230

August 21, 2023

In an amicus brief submitted last Friday, EPIC and children's rights organization Fairplay submitted an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to recognize its own limiting principles on the scope of Section 230 and to allow a lawsuit against anonymous messaging company to be decided on its merits
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Privacy Laws
- Updates

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