Overreliance on Automated Filters Would Push Victims Off of the Internet In all of the debate about the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA, S. 1693), there’s one question that’s received surprisingly little airplay: under SESTA, what would online platforms… Read More ›
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Stop SESTA: Amendments to Federal Criminal Sex Trafficking Law Sweep Too Broadly
EFF opposes the Senate’s Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (S. 1693) (“SESTA”), and its House counterpart the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (H.R. 1865). Not only would both bills eviscerate the immunity from liability for… Read More ›
Stop SESTA: Congress Doesn’t Understand How Section 230 Works
As Congress considers undercutting a key law that protects online free speech and innovation, sponsors of the bills don’t seem to understand how Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230) works. EFF opposes the Senate’s Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (S…. Read More ›
Defend Our Online Communities: Stop SESTA
A new bill is working its way through Congress that could be disastrous for free speech online. EFF is proud to be part of the coalition fighting back. We all rely on online platforms to work, socialize, and learn. They’re… Read More ›
Stop SESTA: Section 230 is Not Broken
EFF opposes the Senate’s Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (S. 1693) (“SESTA”), and its House counterpart the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (H.R. 1865), because they would open up liability for Internet intermediaries—the ISPs, web… Read More ›
California Court of Appeal Overturns Dangerous Right of Publicity Ruling
Almost all posts on social media include depictions of real people. And most social media websites include advertising. Does this combination mean that nearly everyone featured on social media can sue for infringement of their right of publicity? That would… Read More ›
EFF to Court: Don’t Undermine Legal Protections for Online Platforms that Enable Free Speech
EFF filed a brief in federal court arguing that a lower court’s ruling jeopardizes the online platforms that make the Internet a robust platform for users’ free speech. The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth… Read More ›
EFF to Court: Don’t Let the Right of Publicity Eat the Internet
Imagine if every depiction of a real person on social media could support a lawsuit. That’s the strange and dangerous logic of a recent lower court decision from California. In that case, Cross v. Facebook, a superior court judge ruled… Read More ›
Update: EFF Fights to End Court Case Against MuckRock
After successfully defending MuckRock’s First Amendment right to host public records on its website earlier this summer, EFF filed documents in court on Monday seeking to end the last lawsuit brought against it in Seattle. The lawsuit was one of… Read More ›
Ripoff Report Doesn’t Own the Copyright in Users’ Posts, But Neither Does This Guy Suing Them For Infringement
People who don’t like what’s said about them on the Internet can’t bypass important protections for online speech by demanding the copyright to objectionable comments, EFF argues in a new amicus brief filed together with Public Citizen and Harvard’s Cyberlaw Clinic…. Read More ›