US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Avoids Major Section 230 Ruling in Case About Digital Platforms Recommending Terrorist Content

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.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Online Harassment

• Updates

EPIC Joins Consumer Groups in Urging Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the CFPB

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

Gonzalez v. Google

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Privacy Laws

• Amicus Brief

EPIC to Supreme Court: Internet Companies Should Face Suits for Their Harmful Conduct

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Joins Brennan Center, Others Urging Supreme Court to Allow Lawsuits by Unconstitutionally Surveilled Citizens

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Tuggle v. United States

Whether the Fourth Amendment protects against warrantless long-term, continuous, and covert pole camera surveillance of the outside of a person’s home.

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC & Coalition Tell Supreme Court to Hear Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance Case

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez

Whether plaintiffs in FCRA and other privacy suits can establish standing based on a violation of their statutory rights.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Amicus Briefs

Facebook v. Duguid

Whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act prohibits use of mass telephone dialing systems that dial numbers from a database.

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Amicus Briefs

Van Buren v. United States

Whether a police officer "exceeds authorized access" under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act when they access personal information in a government database for an improper purpose.

• Consumer Privacy

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Web Scraping

• Amicus Briefs