The Fifth Circuit vs. The First Amendment
On September 16th, the Fifth Circuit sent legal experts and tech workers into a furor with a ruling radical even by the standards of a court known for its conservative…
Parler and Amazon: The Battle Over Social Media Regulation
Parler, a social media platform, is the latest to file suit against Amazon Web Services (AWS) alleging violations of federal antitrust law and breach of contract. The conflict between AWS…
Could Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ Be Prosecuted for Being Child Porn?
The French film “Cuties”, which won an award at Sundance Film Festival, is about an 11-year-old Senegalese girl living in Paris who rebels against her religious, oppressive family and joins…
Effects of an NBA Post-Season Strike on the CBA
On the morning of August 26th, 2020, sports fans thought they had seen everything. But as they tuned in to watch Game 5 of the NBA playoff series between the…
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The EARN IT Act: Criticisms and Critiques
Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On March 5th, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley, and Ranking Member…
Where There’s a Will to Legally Harass, There’s a Wayans
David E. Wright is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. While few are likely to regard Marlon Wayans as an artistic trailblazer, he has potentially inadvertently managed…
Deepfake is Here. What Should We Do?
Lvxiao Chen is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Seeing used to be believing. Not so much in the era of photoshop and computer-generated imagery (CGI). Even…
Congress should have borrowed from DMCA §512(c) when drafting FOSTA-SESTA
Joe Rabinovitsj is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. §512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) each provide…
Obscene Online but Not Under the Law: How Facebook’s Nudity Policies Are Narrowing America’s Obscenity Standards
Lia Higgins is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at the NYU School of Law In August 2019, the Paris civil court brought an end to a year-long battle between Parisian teacher,…
The E.U and Warren and Facebook, Oh My!
Alexander Glossman is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Help Us Understand What’s Happening. What’s going on? -It’s annoying or not interesting -I think it…