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Doe v. Grindr
May 20, 2024
Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act prohibits a lawsuit against a dating app alleging that the app was designed in a dangerous way because it repeatedly matched a high schooler with adults who sexually abused him.
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Consumer Privacy
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Social Media Privacy
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Amicus Briefs
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McCarthy v. Amazon
December 12, 2023
Whether Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, can be sued under product liability for selling sodium nitrite to minors who used the compound to commit suicide.
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Big Data
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Amicus Briefs
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In re: Casino-Style Games Litigation
November 3, 2023
Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which prohibits treating internet companies as the speakers of third-party information, prevents lawsuits against internet companies who sell illegal products provided by third parties on their online marketplaces.
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Consumer Privacy
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Amicus Briefs
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Bride et al. v. Yolo Technologies, Inc.
August 21, 2023
Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act prohibits (1) misrepresentation claims against internet companies who, after claiming in their terms of service that they would ban and reveal the identities of users who cyberbullied others, then refused to do so, and (2) products liability claims against the same defendants for designing an allegedly unsafe messaging product that allowed users to send anonymous, abusive messages to teens.
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Amicus Briefs
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Gonzalez v. Google
December 8, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Amicus Briefs
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Herrick v. Grindr, LLC
May 30, 2018
Whether Sec. 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Grindr, a dating app, from liability for failing to remove fake profiles that used the Plaintiff's name and likeness and posed a danger to his personal safety
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Consumer Privacy
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Section 230
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Amicus Briefs
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