Section 10 — Digital Media
What law indemnifies ISPs from 3rd party content issues and allows protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material?
The law that indemnifies ISPs from 3rd party content issues was upheld in what 1997 US Supreme Court case?
In the 2024 case Murthy v Missouri, how did the Supreme Court see the US government’s attempts to influence social media toward a more scientific approach to public health information?
In the 2024 Moody v Netchoice case, how did the Supreme Court see attempts by the states of Florida and Louisiana to regulate social media?
Is YouTube a private or a public forum, according to the decision in Prager v Google, 2020? Was this position overturned in Moody v Netchoice?
What is net neutrality?
In Google v Gonzalez, 2014, how did the European Court of Justice order the enforcement of the “right to be forgotten”? (This case is not related to a 2023 case with a similar name in the US).
In Gonzalez v Google, 2023, the Supreme Court heard a case involving Section 230. What was the Gonzalez argument?
Zeran v AOL, 1997, reaffirmed what law?
Can Google just change its search engine algorithms any old time it likes? What case decided this issue?
How does the “Imminent Action” standard from the Brandenburg v Ohio case relate to the de-platforming of Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection?
What are some examples of unfair social media policies?
Is (or should) social media (be) considered a “common carrier” to which all citizens should have equal access? What case decided this issue, at least for the present (mid-2020s).
Who decides how internet assigns and creates domain names?
Are search engine rankings subject to objective analysis? What cases support your answer?
What is the NetChoice v Paxton case challenging the Texas HB 20 law of 2022?
EC ESSAY QUESTIONS
What new digital element made the Dominion and Smartmatic libel suits of 2023-26 different when it came to meeting the “actual malice” standard?
Why do traditional remedies like lawsuits for libel and invasion of privacy fail to deter people who have easy access to the media and are already bankrupt, according to UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh?