Fields v. Twitter, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2016
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2333 (Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019) · 18 U.S.C. § 2339A (§ 120005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 2339B (§ 303 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 47 U.S.C. § 230 (Communications Decency Act § 230)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Rafael Navarro v. Sherman Block · Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · Batzel v. Smith
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“[a] policy that selectively prohibits ISIS members from opening accounts would necessarily be content based as Twitter could not possibly identify ISIS members without analyzing some speech, idea or content expressed by the would-be account holder: i.e., 'I am associated with ISIS.' " Id . Like the plaintiffs in Fields , Plaintiffs in this case attempt to penalize a publishing decision by imposing liability on Google for failing to prevent ISIS followers from using YouTube. The alleged wrongdoing challenged by Plaintiffs is "the decision to permit third parties to post content.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“While courts have not required plaintiffs bringing ATA claims based on material support theories to 'trace specific dollars to specific attacks,' they have nevertheless rejected alleged causal connections that are too speculative or attenuated to raise a plausible inference of proximate causation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“does not declare 'a general immunity from liability deriving from third-party content.' " Internet Brands , 824 F.3d at 852 (quoting Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc ., 570 F.3d 1096 , 1100 (9th Cir. 2009) ). Nor was it "meant to create a lawless no-man's land on the Internet.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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