It's been a minute since someone tried to explain First Amendment law to me with "fire in a crowded theater" and I just assumed it was because Kosseff switched to haunting other platforms.

No it's not.

I can't express how unutterably tired I feel after reading this absurd 3rd Cir ruling. It denies TikTok 230 immunity for a claim that is (very thinly) framed as liability based on algorithmic promotion, instead of liability based on user content. 1/ cases.justia.com/federal/appell…

There I was, actually thinking about packing 12+ full hours before my flight, when S.O. scalpels his finger wide open and needs me to take him to get stitches. This is twice in a row that advance preparation has gone awry. It's a sign.

Better advice: become good enough at what you do that if a client is stupid enough to care about what you're wearing on a Zoom call, there are a lot more of them banging down your door to take that engagement's spot.

I'm back in the ITH to help kick off the Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic's year, and I cannot believe how spoiled rotten I was to have this as my walk to class for two years. What I would give to go back and appreciate it even more.

Lol yea maybe I should learn about campus speaker controversies, huh

This is pretty much EXACTLY what you would do...if you wanted to prove that Musk was right about you being a petty tyrant all along. nytimes.com/2024/08/30/wor…

I'm so curious about these Brazilians defending their government's decision to not only ban X but also punish *them* for even *accessing* it...on X itself.

If that "action" isn't sitting you down to explain that an opinion based on a clip of your own words isn't actionable, your lawyer is either: (a) Taking you for an expensive ride (b) Pictured below

Wow, Robert Reich continues his long streak of completely embarrassing himself when he tries to talk about the law. (1) That's not what the Court held; and (2) No, the FTC absolutely *cannot* force social media platforms to remove speech it thinks are lies. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Three hormonal teenagers in a trench coat has entered the chat.

This is entirely unsurprising. Kamala Harris has been an authoritarian disaster on free speech for her entire career.

What's wrong with the Third Circuit's Section 230 decision in Anderson v. TikTok? How much time ya got? Ok, ok, let's just see what we can get through in 1,500 words . . . techdirt.com/2024/09/03/the…

Ope. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…