On May 24, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 7072 (An act relating to social media platforms) under which (as described by Gov. DeSantis): Floridians treated unfairly by Big Tech platforms will have the right to sue companies that violate this law — and win monetary damages. This reform safeguards the rights of every…
In November 2018, Democrat Katie Hill won a Congressional seat representing a northern Los Angeles exurb that had been held by Republicans since 1993. Once in Washington, she was a rising star in the party and one of two freshman Representatives chosen for the Democratic Caucus. On October 18, 2019, RedState, a conservative political blog…
I recently participated in Jubilee Media’s Middle Ground segment entitled “Who is Censored More? Liberals vs Conservatives.” It was a fun experience and the debate was interesting, as we talked about content moderation, combating abuse, hate and disinformation online over 90-minutes. The thirty-minute segment was posted on Sunday and, unfortunately, much of what I had…
The Los Angeles Times put together an interesting profile on how women politicians, such as Vice President Kamala Harris and others are targets for online abuse. A Wilson Center study, Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online, found that Harris was the overwhelming target for much of this abuse and…
Today the Santa Ana Police Department had the following announcement on the arrest of serial revenge porn suspect Dillon Nguyen (23) of Westminster who distributed “intimate images and videos involving his ex-girlfriends online after they broke-up”. The Internet Law Center represents one of Nguyen’s victims and applauds the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) and the…
The Washington Post’s Jessica Goldstein featured one of our clients and pending litigation in Inyo County Superior Court in “Revenge porn’ was already commonplace. The pandemic has made things even worse.” Thanks to Jessica for her work on this.
It has not been the practice on this blog to endorse candidates or even political views, with a few exceptions as to attempts at internet regulation that may be misguided. We make an exception on this page (i) because it involves a State Senate district in the heart of Silicon Valley in the California State…
Listen to Episode 20 of Internet Traffic Kings since in the last half (26:00 onward) I talk about my legal career and insights about legal implications of COVID-19 and other emerging internet issues. Please follow the show on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
In 2018, the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision redefined the definition of employee v. independent contractor through an “ABC test” followed by many states, a year later California Governor Newsom signed AB 5 which codified the Dynamex decision with certain exceptions. Under AB 5, a worker is an employee and not an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that all…
It has been said repeatedly that this may be the most important election the country has faced in modern times. I do not dispute that. This blog post, however, is to explain how important some of the down ballot races can be – in particular the races for Superior Court Judges. These races potentially may…
Internet Law Center founder Bennet Kelley joined Santa Clara University Law School Professor Eric Goldman and over 50 other privacy professionals to oppose Proposition 24, the 52-page Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative. We are privacy professionals or other privacy experts. Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will benefit us financially because…
At this evening’s virtual Southern California Journalism Awards, the Los Angeles Press Club named Cyber Report the best individual blog for its post: “Six Things to Know About Devin Nunes’ Bizarre Lawsuit Against Twitter and a Tweeting Cow”. The judges noted: Well-written and well-researched overview and presentation of facts. Thank you for not overusing “legalese”…
The Spamhaus Project suffered a rare legal setback last month in Nebraska federal court where the court in DatabaseUSA.com LLC vs. The Spamhaus Project, No. 8:19-CV-423 (D. Neb. July 27, 2020) found that the plaintiff had been wrongfully listed on its Domain Block List (DBL). The DBL lists domains that Spamhaus determines “are used in…
On November 2, 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, the son of a famous Bell Labs cryptographer, released and graduate student at Cornell University, released what became known as the “Morris worm” through Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Morris stated that his intent was “to demonstrate the inadequacies of current security measures on computer networks by exploiting…
On this day in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the “Americans with Disabilities Act” (Public Law 101-336) and it is one of his enduring legacies. The bill had been introduced by Senator Tom Harkin who delivered his floor speech on the bill in sign language so that his deaf brother would understand. That year…
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