Anti-piracy group ACE says it worked with Hanoi police to shutter Hanoi-based Fmovies and its affiliates, "the largest pirate streaming operation in the world" (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Hong Kong Free Press:

A Hong Kong court finds two former editor-in-chiefs of defunct outlet Stand News guilty of sedition, the first such conviction of journalists there since 1997— Two former chief editors of defunct outlet Stand News have been found guilty of sedition, marking the first such conviction …
Discussion: Fox News, The Guardian, Agence France-Presse, Financial Times, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Reuters, Al Jazeera, CNN, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, BBC, @klustout, @tomgrundy, @xinqisu, @tripperhead, @tomgrundy, @shibanimahtani, @pete_radcliff, @tomgrundy, @thomasvlinge, @galileocheng, @behlihyi, @tmclaughlin3, @rasmus_kleis, @tomgrundy, Reporters Without Borders and @1br0wn

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Helen Davidson /
The Guardian: Two Stand News journalists in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition

Hillary Leung /
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: Guilty verdict in Stand News sedition trial shows ‘necessity’ of editors' arrests, national security police say

Chris Lau /
CNN: Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition in case critics say highlights decline in press freedom

Kanis Leung /
Associated Press: A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case

Austin Ramzy /
Wall Street Journal: Hong Kong Editors Convicted of Sedition in Landmark Press-Freedom Verdict

Nick Marsh /
BBC: HK journalists found guilty in landmark sedition case

Kristie Lu Stout /
@klustout: “Journalists do not have to be loyal to anyone, support anyone or be enemies of anyone. If we really have someone to be loyal to, it will be the public &only the public because we believe in freedom of the press&freedom of speech” -Stand News ex-editor Patrick Lam/ht @hkchrislau

Tom Grundy /
@tomgrundy: 1/ 🚨BREAKING: Two former chief editors of defunct outlet Stand News have been found guilty of sedition, marking the first such conviction of journalists in Hong Kong since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. In full: https://hongkongfp.com/... [image] @xinqisu: Chung Pui-kuen, Stand News founding editor who was just found guilty of sedition, leaves court. [video]

Aaron Busch /
@tripperhead: 🇭🇰👨 ⚖️ List of articles found to have sedition intentions in the Stand News trial. List via @HKFP [image]

Tom Grundy /
@tomgrundy: Prosecutors said Stand sought to incite hatred against the gov't through 17 website articles. Included interviews w/activists, op-eds by democrats like Nathan Law, a feature about protests & a hard news piece about an activist winning a rights prize. 11 were found ‘seditious.’

Shibani Mahtani /
@shibanimahtani: Stand News' editors were defending the entire profession of journalism in Hong Kong when they pled not guilty. They pushed back against charges that op-eds, features and articles were anything other than normal journalism. Their guilty verdict will have profound implications.

Pete Radcliff /
@pete_radcliff: The heroic editors of Hong Kong's Stand News found guilty of sedition. Journalists and activists for democracy across the world need to stand in solidarity with them.

Tom Grundy /
@tomgrundy: 1/ A critical, years-long trial has concluded, with Stand News journalists facing jail over 11 “seditious” articles — a top story across the world. An interesting time to check on local news homepages: [image]

Thomas van Linge /
@thomasvlinge: Another low in #HongKong. Back in 2019 Stand News was one of the best outlets to follow for minute-to-minute coverage of the mass protests. Now its chief editors are being send to prison for doing a great job.

Galileo Cheng /
@galileocheng: Judge Kwok Wai-kin argues Stand News was a media “supporting and promoting Hong Kong localism and autonomy...a tool of smearing and criticizing the Central and Hong Kong Government” 11 out of 17 articles were found seditious https://legalref.judiciary.hk/ ...

Beh Lih Yi /
@behlihyi: Journalism is not seditious. Let's be clear: all they are guilty of is doing journalism. This oppressive ruling shows #HongKong is descending further into authoritarianism #StandWithStandNews

Timothy McLaughlin /
@tmclaughlin3: “...our biggest opponent is the regime...” Chung Pui-Kuen, former chief editor of Stand News who was convicted today of sedition in Hong Kong, gave an unfortunately prescient response to an academic when asked about the media environment in Hong Kong in 2019. [image]

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen /
@rasmus_kleis: “Stand News was among the last openly pro-democratic publications until its closure in December 2021, which saw seven arrested.” Now, editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam have been found guilty of “sedition”. #journalismisnotacrime https://www.bbc.com/...

Tom Grundy /
@tomgrundy: 2/ Stand News' ex-editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen, 54, appeared in front of judge Kwok Wai-kin on Thur to hear the long-awaited verdict. The outlet's ex-acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam, 36, was not present for the hearing due to a health issue, HKFP learned. [image] Reporters Without Borders: Hong Kong: RSF condemns the guilty verdict for Stand News editors-in-chief

Ian Brown /
@1br0wn: Starmer is busy cosying up to Xi, so sadly doubt we'll see any significant pushback from 🇬🇧 (and how can the few remaining British judges not now resign from 🇭🇰 Court of Final Appeal?)

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Reuters:

A profile of Stand News, a nonprofit founded in 2014 that was Hong Kong's leading online media outlet before coverage of protests in 2019 led to its closure— After Hong Kong police raided Stand News and arrested two editors, its staff decided that to avoid more arrests they had to shut …

Discussion:
New York Times, Al Jazeera and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Discussion:

CNN:

A jury in Las Vegas finds former Nevada politician Robert Telles guilty of fatally stabbing Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Jeff German in September 2022— A jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter …

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Washington Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Reporters Without Borders, Poynter, @spj_tweets, @mrandyngo, Raw Story, CBS News, @hadas_gold, @pressfreedom, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Hill, @alexleff, New York Times, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk, Rolling Stone, Boing Boing, @day_of_lemay@threads.net, New York Daily News, Axios, Newser, Voice of America, NPR, ABC7, Committee to Protect … and Fox News

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Praveena Somasundaram /
Washington Post: Ex-county official convicted of murdering Las Vegas reporter

Katelyn Newberg /
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Jury finds Robert Telles guilty in murder of RJ reporter Jeff German — WATCH LIVE @spj_tweets: Today, justice was served as Robert Telles was found guilty of Las Vegas reporter Jeff German's murder. Jeff's dedication to seeking the truth and love for Vegas will not be forgotten. SPJ sends our support to his friends, family and colleagues. https://www.cnn.com/... @mrandyngo: Update Aug. 28, 2024: Robert Telles, a Democrat official in Nevada who lost a primary in 2022, has been convicted of killing reporter Jeff German. Telles was a gun control advocate and stabbed the journalist to death. At the time, leftists on social media falsely speculated that [image]

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Robert Telles, a former Clark County Public Administrator, was found guilty Wednesday of murdering Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, who had reported extensively on Telles. https://www.reviewjournal.com/ ... @pressfreedom: “While Wednesday's ruling will not bring #JeffGerman back to his family, friends, and colleagues, the conviction sends an important message that the killing of journalists will not be tolerated,” CPJ's @kajtweets said. Read more: https://cpj.org/...

Lauren Sforza /
The Hill: Ex-Nevada politician Robert Telles convicted of investigative journalist's murder

Alex Leff /
@alexleff: Two years ago, Las Vegas was shocked by the stabbing of one of its best-known journalists, Jeff German. German's investigative reporting had dug into the world of a local official at the time. That ex-official has been found guilty of murdering German. https://www.npr.org/...

Isabelle Taft /
New York Times: Former Las Vegas Official Convicted in Journalist's Murder

Jessica Kwong /
Metro.co.uk: Politician shakes head as he's found guilty of killing journalist over unflattering stories

Jon Blistein /
Rolling Stone: Former Nevada Politician Convicted of Murdering Investigative Journalist Jeff German

Johnathan Lemay /
@day_of_lemay@threads.net: It's very easy to hate on the media and journalists these days, and I have my fair share of issues with them as well. But, we shouldn't forget how vital a job it is to hold power to account, or how dangerous it can become https://abcnews.go.com/...

David Matthews /
New York Daily News: Ex-politician Robert Telles found guilty in murder of Las Vegas reporter Jeff German

Ken Ritter /
ABC7: Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ welcomes conviction in killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German

Wired:

Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, the USA Today network, and more block Apple's Applebot-Extended AI crawler— This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data.

Discussion:
AppleInsider and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

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William Gallagher /
AppleInsider: Big-name publishers are refusing to let Apple Intelligence train on data

The Hollywood Reporter:

Anti-piracy group ACE says it worked with Hanoi police to shutter Hanoi-based Fmovies and its affiliates, “the largest pirate streaming operation in the world”— The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, whose members include Netflix and Walt Disney Studios …

Discussion:
Variety, Los Angeles Times and Deadline

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Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: Antipiracy coalition and Vietnamese police shut down major pirate streaming business

Reuters:

The Second US Circuit Court of Appeals grants Sarah Palin a new trial in her defamation suit against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial— Sarah Palin on Wednesday won her bid for a new trial against the New York Times (NYT.N) over an editorial that the former Alaska governor said was defamatory.

Discussion:
CNBC, Politico, ABC News, @mikesacksesq, @bgrueskin, @sarahpalinusa, Washington Post, Raw Story, CNN, Axios, New York Daily News, New York Times, KXTV, Reason, Deadline, Mediaite and Reuters

Discussion:

Dan Mangan /
CNBC: Appeals court revives Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit against The New York Times — again

Josh Gerstein /
Politico: Appeals court reinstates Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against New York Times

Aaron Katersky /
ABC News: Sarah Palin granted new trial in defamation lawsuit against New York Times

Mike Sacks /
@mikesacksesq: CA2 orders a new trial in Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times for its 2017 editorial ( https://www.nytimes.com/...) tying her political advertising to the 2011 shooting of then-Rep. Gabby Giffords that killed six others. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... [image]

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Sarah Palin — who lost her first lawsuit vs the NYT in 2022 —is getting another shot. An appeals court found the judge erred in multiple ways, and that Palin has grounds for her suit, which focused on an editorial that was botched by the top editor of the section, on deadline [image]

Sarah Palin /
@sarahpalinusa: ... and just got great news re: PALIN vs NYT trial 👍🇺🇸 https://nypost.com/... [image]

Laura Wagner /
Washington Post: Sarah Palin wins bid for new defamation trial against New York Times

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: Sarah Palin granted new defamation trial against New York Times

Molly Crane-Newman /
New York Daily News: Sarah Palin granted new defamation trial against NY Times by appeals court

Larry Neumeister /
KXTV: Court revives Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against The New York Times

Eugene Volokh /
Reason: Sarah Palin Gets New Trial in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Appeals Court Revives Sarah Palin's Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times

Lydia Moynihan /
Reuters: Sarah Palin scores victory with new trial in NY Times defamation case

The Verge:

ESPN launches a Where to Watch feature on its website and app, which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports with data from 250+ streaming services— ESPN's newest feature will be a welcome bookmark for sports fans everywhere: the company just launched “Where to Watch,” …

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper: Complete nonsense. ESPN & ESPN+ & all other Disney channels (don't forget ABC!) affiliate fees are >=$20/mo. And are almost 100% gross margin. No way you recoup that with a $25-30/mo retail price for DTC ESPN.

Sar Haribhakti /
@sarthakgh: ESPN has done for sports content what many have long wanted for general streaming content A hub that gives on click access to content regardless of which service it is on: https://www.theverge.com/...

Brendan Brady /
@bradybrendan1: ESPN's plans were reported 1.5 years ago. What took so long? A 7-person team at https://www.livesportsontv.com/ does this ESPN wanted a cut of subscription fees, but launching with just NESN and Monumental Sports as “link” partners suggests those talks didn't go well

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @ESPN launching a “Where to watch” feature on the ESPN App and https://espn.com/ — Feels sort of like a response to Apple's new sports app — Shows fans where to watch a game (on their network or elsewhere) — Lets them personalize by teams, leagues, etc [image]

Los Angeles Dodgers /
ESPN: U.S. Open Cup

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith.bsky.social: From the same company that won't allow their writers to create hyperlinks to other sites in their sports copy ... [embedded post]

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: ESPN moves forward with aggregate sports discovery feature

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Apple TV tried being a sports hub, but now ESPN's launching a competitor

David Satin /
The Streamable: ESPN Is Trying to Make It Easier to Find Out Where Games Are Streaming

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: ESPN launching first-of-its-kind ‘Where to Watch’ feature in app

Roger Palmer /
What's On Disney Plus: ESPN Launches New “Where To Watch” Feature

Brian Steinberg /
TVNewsCheck: ESPN Will Vie For Local Sports Rights

RELATED:
Variety: ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro says the company has suggested to sports leagues that it could help distribute games to specific markets via its streaming products

Discussion:

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: Survey: Fans open to more streamed sports

Roger Palmer /
What's On Disney Plus: ESPN “Flagship” Looking To Include Local Sports Associated Press: Your own personalized “SportsCenter”? ESPN working on that for an upcoming streaming service

Jacob Feldman /
Sportico: AI SportsCenter, Local In-Market Games Could Boost New ESPN App

Timothy Burke /
@bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us: >Pitaro said the company would be able to “geotarget” subscribers to its streaming services & make games available to people in specific markets. — you mean that thing the leagues already do with their own streaming products, two of which use the exact same MLBAM/BAMTEC platform that ESPN does? [embedded post]

Eric Fisher /
Front Office Sports: ESPN's Pitaro: RSN Turmoil Is Chance to Expand Local Game Coverage

David Satin /
The Streamable: ESPN Aims to Add Local Rights as ‘Flagship’ Streamer Prepares for 2025 Launch

Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: ESPN Launches ‘Where to Watch’ on ESPN App and Website to Find Games Anywhere

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Hub: Sports Fans Open to Live-Streaming Events, Games

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: ESPN Launches New ‘Where to Watch’ Feature Online

New York Times:

Russia bars 14 WSJ employees, including EIC Emma Tucker, five NYT journalists, four WaPo journalists, and dozens of other Americans from entering the country— The list of barred journalists includes the top editor of The Wall Street Journal. Dozens of other Americans are also forbidden to enter Russia …

Discussion:
Voice of America, TVNewsCheck, The Hill, CNN, @katie_robertson, Associated Press, Talking Biz News and Reuters

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Liam Scott /
Voice of America: Russian media ‘in survival mode,’ says recently freed American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

Katie Robertson /
TVNewsCheck: Russia Bars Numerous U.S. Journalists From The Country

Sarah Fortinsky /
The Hill: Russia bans multiple US journalists from entering the country

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: Russia barred more than a dozen @WSJ journalists from entering the country, as well as journalists from NYT and WaPo “The Putin regime is farcically consistent in its all-out assault on free press and truth. This laughable list of targets is no exception,” a WSJ spox said

Poynter:

How students at the Independent Florida Alligator used public records and cultivated sources to cover college president Ben Sasse's spending and resignation— Independent Florida Alligator's stories drew national attention to former senator's high-dollar consulting and remote personnel spending

Discussion:
@alissagary1, @poynter, @craigtimes and @poynter

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Alissa Gary /
@alissagary1: So proud of our staff, always. Reminder that student journalism is real journalism! @poynter: “It's one of those stories that I think you could tell that it was going to make an impact from the moment you read it,” said Aidan Bush, summer editor-in-chief of @TheAlligator. https://www.poynter.org/...

Craig Pittman /
@craigtimes: Meet the University of #Florida student journalists who broke big stories about former President Ben Sasse. Their stories drew national attention to the former senator's high-dollar consulting and remote personnel spending https://www.poynter.org/... via @GabrielleRusson

Digiday:

Excerpts from an interview with Jessica Sibley, CEO of Time, on negotiating with AI companies, taking down the paywall, predicting a “very strong” H2, and more— Even billionaire-backed media companies are not immune to the challenges facing the media and digital advertising industries.

Discussion:
@digiday

Louisiana Illuminator:

A look at Chevron's local news site Permian Proud, produced by the same PR firm behind California's The Richmond Standard, pushing positive oil industry news— In the fossil fuel-rich Permian Basin, a major producer runs a regional website that combines industry perspective with feel-good local stories.

Discussion:
Media Matters for America, @reporteralvarez,

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Evlondo Cooper /
Media Matters for America: Chevron's faux news site exploits local journalism's decline, epitomizing the fossil fuel industry's insidious greenwashing strategies

Felicia Alvarez /
@reporteralvarez: Many thanks to my reporting partners @MarLaMariposa and Richard Tzul who always inspire good accountability journalism in me.

Felicia Alvarez /
@reporteralvarez: Excited to see this story out, new deep dive into how the oil industry manipulates local news in oil-rich Texas and New Mexico https://floodlightnews.org/...

New York Times:

Yelp sues Google, alleging Google used its dominance in general search to gain an unfair advantage in local search services and local search advertising markets— Yelp complained for more than a decade that Google tilted the search market in its favor. After its rival's landmark legal loss, it finally decided to sue.

Discussion:
Bloomberg, Yelp, @adamkovac, @nicoagrant, @adamkovac, @lutherlowe, @adamkovac, Silicon Republic, Editor and Publisher, MediaPost, Beyond Search, The Information, The Hollywood Reporter, @edgarallandoh.bsky.social, @michaelbishop.me, Amy Sezak on LinkedIn, The Verge, @ChrisBoese@newsie.social, CNN, Engadget and Adweek, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Jeremy Stoppelman /
Yelp: Fighting for fair competition, consumer choice, and a more helpful Google search experience

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: On the one hand, I appreciate that Yelp finally just filed its own antitrust lawsuit against Google, after spending a dozen years trying unsuccessfully to get the US govt to carry its water. OTOH, its arguments have already been rejected by federal courts and the FTC.

Nico Grant /
@nicoagrant: New: For more than a decade, Yelp complained that Google tilted the search market in its favor. After Google's landmark antitrust loss, it finally decided to sue. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: Basically this is an effort to ban self-preferencing. But self-preferencing is allowed under current law — as evidenced by Yelp pushing so hard for AICOA, the bill that would have allowed it. Yelp is arguing that G is an “essential facility” - a rejected doctrine. [image]

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: It's basically an attempt to free ride on Judge Mehta's finding that Google has market power in “general search” + Bolt on a “search neutrality” / anti-preferencing argument (which Mehta rejected) + Demand for a jury trial (ala Epic v. Google) https://trust.yelp.com/...

Luther Lowe /
@lutherlowe: Good for Yelp. It's hard to imagine a more appropriate & morally righteous plaintiff in head-to-head litigation against Google. @JeremyS has been a tip of the spear in the antimonopoly movement. Godspeed. 🫡 https://www.nytimes.com/...

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: Yelp has a HUGE problem: Judge Mehta tossed its “search neutrality” / “no self preferencing” arguments from the DOJ case before it was heard (they were the arguments being brought by the CO AG) https://www.theverge.com/...

Leigh Mc Gowran /
Silicon Republic: Yelp takes Google to court with antitrust claims

Rob Tornoe /
Editor and Publisher: Searching for search traffic

Laurie Sullivan /
MediaPost: Yelp Sues Google Over Self-Preferencing Reviews

Stephen E. Arnold /
Beyond Search: Yelp Google Legal Matter: A Glimpse of What Is to Come

Dr. Fröhlich /
@edgarallandoh.bsky.social: The extortionists suing the slumlords. Love it. [embedded post]

Michael Bishop /
@michaelbishop.me: I hope they eat each other [embedded post]

Amy Sezak /
Amy Sezak on LinkedIn: Today, Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in federal court in SF. Google has illegally abused its monopoly in general search …

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: Yelp sues Google for antitrust violations

Chris Boese /
@ChrisBoese@newsie.social: Google's Antitrust Defeat Opens the Door to Lawsuit From Yelp — Yelp complained for more than a decade that Google tilted the search market in its favor. After its rival's landmark legal loss, it finally decided to sue. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ramishah Maruf /
CNN: Yelp files lawsuit against Google

Anna Washenko /
Engadget: Yelp files antitrust lawsuit against Google

Christian J. Ward /
Adweek: Search Is Fragmenting Quickly. Brands Need to Develop Knowledge Graphs

Reuters:

A US court rules TikTok must face a lawsuit over a 10-year-old's death and the “blackout challenge”, saying algorithmic curation isn't protected by Section 230— A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral …

Discussion:
@mikesacksesq, @zephyrteachout, @anupamchander, @attorneynora, @anupamchander, @mikesacksesq, @jason, @ryanjones, @jeremykauffman, @matthewstoller, @cagoldberglaw, CBS News, @daphnek.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @daphnek.bsky.social, Bloomberg, Dexerto, KXTV, Ars Technica, New York Post, The Verge and New York Daily News, more at Techmeme »

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Mike Sacks /
@mikesacksesq: As should be obvious by the time you read to this point, but my initial tweet wrongly suggested Matey also joined the panel majority's Moody analysis. He did not, but he did side with them on the bottom-line that TikTok and ByteDance don't have 230 immunity for claim at issue.

Zephyr Teachout /
@zephyrteachout: This is a really substantial and important decision, finally reading 230 as it was intended—and not extending immunity to algorithmically promoted content.

Anupam Chander /
@anupamchander: On quick read, this is a version of the issue that the Court did not decide in Gonzalez v. Google. I'm skeptical that NetChoice, sub silentio, decided that issue, or opened up this new interpretation of 230—one that it seems goes against 3rd Circuit's own prior interpretations.

Nora Benavidez /
@attorneynora: HUGE WIN: 3rd Circuit finds TikTok's algorithm is not shielded by Section 230 from liability for harm to users. We're sweeping the courts to reach accountability for bad actors and harmful behavior by platforms: https://www.law360.com/...

Anupam Chander /
@anupamchander: There is a world of difference between recognizing that a platform's algorithm is its own speech (NetChoice), and converting that to liability for developing illegal content, passing outside scope of 230.

Mike Sacks /
@mikesacksesq: CA3 says Sec 230 doesn't protect TikTok and ByteDance for creating an algorithm that fed the “Blackout challenge” to a 10yo who then tried it and accidentally hanged herself. https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/ ... Panel (Obama, Trump, Trump) relies on SCOTUS opinions from Moody v NetChoice. [image] @jason: The algorithm is the equivalent of an editor — only much, much better 230 should be evolved to address algorithms by having platforms *force* users to select which algo they prefer — or none at all. If you select an algorithm (aka editor) that takes you down a dark path, you

Ryan Jones /
@ryanjones: @Jason I think these are separate issues. 230 just says the platform isn't the author/publisher of the content. That needs to remain unchanged. It shouldn't, however, give companies immunity from what they choose to amplify and how they amplify it. That should be a separate issue. But

Jeremy Kauffman /
@jeremykauffman: @Jason What is “no” algorithm? Logically, any way of deciding what portion of content to show a user must be an algorithm of some kind, including literal random selection.

Matt Stoller /
@matthewstoller: Wow, I might be over-reading this decision but it looks like the Third Circuit just gutted Section 230.

Carrie Goldberg /
@cagoldberglaw: Yes!!! 3rd Circuit reverses dismissal in TikTok blackout challenge for PRODUCT LIABILITY & NEGLIGENCE claims b/c TikTok's algorithms that recommended the challenge is 1st party speech and not 3rd party speech. Let this be a lesson to all doubters. https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/ ...

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: This issue was fully briefed to the Supreme Court, with approximately infinity amicus briefs covering every possible angle, a little over a year ago. The Court decided not to decide. 2/ — www.scotusblog.com/case-files/ c...

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: There is NO CONFLICT between moderation and ranking being (1) the platform's speech and also (2) immunized by 230. The whole point of 230 was to encourage and immunize moderation. As the law's drafters pointed out, that includes algorithmic ranking. 4/ — www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/ 21...

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: Now the 3rd Circuit is engaging in the absurd pretense that the Court actually decided this issue in Moody v. NetChoice, because it said algorithmic ranking that advances the platform's content moderation goals is the platform's 1st Am protected speech. (Check out fn 13, sigh.) 3/

Mike Masnick /
@mmasnick.bsky.social: Meanwhile, the Third Circuit just blew up Section 230, deciding that it can just ignore the plain text of the law, as well as basically every precedent to date, to do its own thing. This ruling, if it stands, is a disaster for the open internet. cases.justia.com/federal/appe...

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: Seriously how can we still be having this conversation. How can the 3rd Circuit believe its own nonsense on this. How dare they create a circuit split and force an exhausted nation to go through this AGAIN. 6/

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: 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/appe...

Daphne Keller /
@daphnek.bsky.social: If Section 230 did not apply to platforms' constitutionally protected exercise of editorial freedoms, then it would apply to basically nothing. It would be a nullity. 5/

Olivia Carville /
Bloomberg: US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield

Virginia Glaze /
Dexerto: ‘Blackout Challenge’ TikTok lawsuit moves forward in court after death of 10-year-old KXTV: US appeals court revives a lawsuit against TikTok over 10-year-old's ‘blackout challenge’ death

Ashley Belanger /
Ars Technica: Court: Section 230 doesn't shield TikTok from Blackout Challenge death suit

Taylor Herzlich /
New York Post: US court revives TikTok lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's ‘blackout challenge’ death

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’

Jessica Schladebeck /