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Ninth Circuit Agrees with EPIC: Judges Must Apply a Narrow, Duties-Based Section 230 Analysis to Each Claim in a Lawsuit
May 21, 2024
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Consumer Privacy
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In Doe v. Grindr, EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Continue Using Its Narrow, Nuanced Section 230 Approach
May 20, 2024
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Consumer Privacy
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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.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Analysis
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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.
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Consumer Privacy
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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
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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Supreme Court Avoids Major Section 230 Ruling in Case About Digital Platforms Recommending Terrorist Content
May 18, 2023
The Supreme Court has declined to address whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that encourages tech companies to moderate content on their platforms, immunizes companies like Google and Twitter from lawsuits alleging that their recommendation algorithms promoted terrorist activity. In a pair of decisions released today—Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh.
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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In Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court Should Recognize That a Narrow Reading of Section 230 Will Help Achieve a Better Internet
February 17, 2023
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was meant to encourage tech companies to monitor their services for harmful user content, but it has largely done the opposite. In Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court should recognize that a narrower reading of Section 230 can help achieve a better, safer internet.
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Commercial AI Use
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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Analysis
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The PACT Act and Section 230: The Impact of the Law that Helped Create the Internet and an Examination of Proposed Reforms for Today’s Online World
July 27, 2020
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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Testimony
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Reply Comments in Review of International Section 214 Authorizations to Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks
October 3, 2023
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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APA Comments
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