The lawsuit was dismissed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, upholding the Section 230 safe harbor, which dictates that the operators of an interactive computer service are not liable for the content published by its users. In January 2016, Twitter was sued by the widow of an American man killed in the 2015 Amman shooting attack, claiming that allowing ISIL to continually use the platform, including direct messages in particular, constituted the provision of material support to a terrorist organization. Twitter said that between mid-2015 and February 2016 it had suspended 125,000 accounts associated with ISIL and related organizations, and by August 2016 had suspended some 360,000 accounts for being associated with terrorism (not all these were ISIL-related).
By August 2014, Twitter had suspended a dozen official ISIL accounts, and between September and December 2014 it suspended at least 1000 accounts promoting ISIL. Twitter repeatedly shut down accounts that spread ISIL material, but new ones popped up quickly and were advertised with their old Twitter handle Twitter in return blocked those in what was called an ongoing game of Whac-A-Mole. A "Twitter suspension campaign" began in earnest in 2015, and on one day, 4 April 2015, some 10,000 accounts were suspended. History īetween 20, Twitter suspensions were frequently linked to ISIL-related accounts. Twitter frequently responds to media enquiries about suspended accounts with "We do not comment on individual accounts, for privacy and security reasons". Some commentators, such as technology entrepreneur Declan McCullagh and law professor Glenn Reynolds, have criticized Twitter's suspension and ban policies as overreaches of power. In January 2019, Twitter formally provided information on instances where governments have attempted to utilize Twitter for "foreign information operations". In addition to community guideline policy decisions, the Twitter DMCA-detection system and spam-detection system are sometimes manipulated or abused by groups of users attempting to force a user's suspension. They are told only that their accounts will not be restored, and they are told which of Twitter's rules the company claims were violated. In the new episode of Make No Law, I speak with Professor Eric Goldman of the indispensable Law and Technology blog about the concept of "deplatforming": do you have a right, under the First Amendment or Section 230, not to be banned from social web sites or social media? Spoiler: no, definitively not.Users who are suspended from Twitter, based on alleged violations of Twitter's terms of service, are usually not informed which of their tweets were the cause. This week Josh is away so I'M IN CHARGE and I interviewed Asha Rangappa: here.įiled Under: Effluvia Make No Law: "Deplatformed" Straight Pride Ralliers – Super Happy Fun America – Really? What is the point? Yes, the įiled Under: Effluvia, Law All The President's Lawyers: I Talked To the FBI But I Only Said Helpful Things Unsurprisingly, a bunch of idiots showed up to protest the other idiots, and idiocy ensued. Randazza Boston was home to a "Straight Pride" rally. This week: Flynn, Manafort, Congress, and Jacob Wohl! Link here.įiled Under: Effluvia Randazza: Nothing is Straight in Bostonīy Marc J. Check it įiled Under: Law All The President's Lawyers: Kary Antholis - who comes from HBO - aims to increase knowledge of the criminal justice system through informed storytelling. By the way, Crime Story is worth your time. Why do some big cases get investigated, and others don't? What makes the difference? Find out in my new column over at Crime Story. This week: did a grand jury no-bill DoJ? Link here.įiled Under: Law Over At Crime Story, A Post About the College Bribery Scandal
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Randazza I want a new trial for Tsarnaev – because FUCK Dzhokhar Tsarnaev! I don’t personally know anyone who got hurt in the Tsarnaev bombing. But, a few weeks ago, Lady Justice traded in her robe and blindfold for a pair of short cutoff jeans, tossed her scales into the kudzu on the įiled Under: Effluvia, Law Due Process for Tsarnaev – Demanded by a Massholeīy Marc J. Folks there, well, everywhere, say the wheels of justice turn slowly. It all starts in Orange County, North Carolina. One July morning he abruptly walked into my office and said without preamble "Get your coat." Somewhat įiled Under: Life, Politics & Current Events Murum Aries Attigit, Y'all
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