On June 17, 2020, in a 28-page report released on the topic of online platform liability, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed four material modifications of Section 230 of the CDA:  Narrowing Section 230’s applicability...

Two events may change the rules for interactive website operators: (1) the FBI seizing Backpage.com and (2) the enactment of SESTA/FOSTA, amending CDA Section 230 immunity. The FBI’s seizure of Backpage.com, an online classifieds site...

When an elusive defendant disappeared from Canada amid a trade secrets case, a Canadian trial court, finding itself out of options, turned to Google to try to enforce its orders. The court issued an injunction...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) provides a safe harbor for certain online companies that host content generated by third parties, but this protection only applies to some types of liability, such as...

The Supreme Court issued a final order declining to block a subpoena issued by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“Subcommittee”) to the classified advertisement website Backpage.com. The subpoena dates back to October 2015,...

Internet service providers and other online services that publish third-party content (like user-posted videos, reviews and ads) rely upon Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to provide them with immunity from liability for...

State Attorneys General have announced their intention to press Congress to narrow the immunity provisions of the Communication Decency Act (“CDA”), 47 U.S.C. § 230,  to exempt state criminal prosecutions from the CDA safe harbor.  It...