The Telephone Consumer Protection Act restriction on artificial and prerecorded voice messages applies to any call, including calls sent via MMS, said the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the National Consumer Law Center in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 23-3826) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief supports plaintiff-appellant Jacob Howard’s appeal to reverse the district court’s dismissal of his TCPA complaint against the Republican National Committee (see 2402080021).
California enacted AB-587, compelling social media companies to disclose their efforts to moderate constitutionally protected speech that the state disfavors, as part of a “concerted effort” to limit or eliminate that speech on social media platforms, said X’s opening brief Wednesday (docket 24-271) at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. X’s appeal seeks to reverse the district court’s denial of its injunction to block AB-587's enforcement (see 2401190038).
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana in Monroe granted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his co-plaintiffs, Children’s Health Defense and Connie Sampognaro, their motion for a preliminary injunction, barring officials from the White House and four federal agencies from coercing social media platforms to moderate their content, said his signed memorandum ruling Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-00381).
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rise in “totalitarian violations of constitutional rights” under the “guise” of public health, said Liberty Counsel’s U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief Tuesday in Murthy v. Missouri (docket 23-411). The nonprofit legal organization's brief supports the injunction barring White House officials and four federal agencies from coercing social media platforms to moderate their content.
Plaintiff Unimax Communications asks that the U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle deny T-Mobile’s Jan. 22 motion to dismiss its breach of contract lawsuit against the carrier (see 2401240026), said Unimax’s response to the motion Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-01830).
TechFreedom opposes government efforts to control online speech, which is “precisely why” it opposes laws like California’s AB-2273 that mandate online age verification, said its 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals amicus brief Wednesday (23-2969). The brief supports NetChoice’s challenge to AB-2273 on constitutional grounds and affirmance of the district court’s injunction that bars California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing the statute (see 2309180063).
The sensitive personal information that Kristianne Scott and her class members entrusted to defendant Advantis Global, an IT staffing agency, was compromised and unlawfully accessed in a recent cyberattack and data breach that exposed the records of current and former employees, Scott’s class action alleged Friday (docket 3:24-cv-00795) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Sheila and Dennis Thompson seek to remand Count II of their first amended Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint against Vintage Stock to St. Louis County Circuit Court where it originated before the home entertainment retailer removed it in January 2023, said the Thompsons' memorandum Monday (docket 4:23-cv-00042) in support of their remand motion in U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri in St. Louis.
There may be no individual in the U.S. “more heavily targeted for social media censorship” by the federal government than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said his U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief Friday in Murthy v. Missouri (docket 23-411). The brief supports the injunction barring White House officials and four federal agencies from coercing social media platforms to moderate their content.
The district court correctly held that California’s social media law, AB-2273 likely violates the First Amendment “by attempting to control the information that can be provided to persons under 18,” said the Computer & Communications Industry Association’s amicus brief Tuesday (docket 23-2969) in support of appellee NetChoice and the injunction it won that bars California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing AB-2273 (see 2312140003).