by Paul Alan Levy Michael Farris, the chancellor of Patrick Henry College, which markets itself as a Christian college with strong ties to the home-schooling movement, recently threatened to sue gay students at the school for creating a blog and Facebook page about the difficulties they face at this institution. Farris, who at one time […]
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by Paul Alan Levy In a decision issued this morning, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the dismissal of the trademark claims brought by Massachusetts software company Jenzabar against documentary filmmaker Long Bow Group, claiming that the use of the name “Jenzabar” in the keyword meta tag and the title tag for a web page about […]
by Paul Alan Levy The recent response by PhoenixNAP to a takedown demand from Kasim Reed, the mayor of Atlanta Georgia, showed its Internet customers that it cannot be counted on to stand up for their rights. Reed was unhappy that Lipstick Alley, a gossip site with particular traction among African-American women, carried an exchange […]
by Paul Alan Levy Two voluntary takedowns of user-generated have been in the news lately, spurring some reflections, on the one hand, about the dangers of becoming overly dependent on certain platforms for free expression, and about how online service providers exercise their discretion under section 230 to remove material even though the providers cannot […]
by Paul Alan Levy Many groups at Public Citizen issue hard-hitting reports, but we are scrupulous about reviewing reports about particular companies and individuals to ensure their accuracy, not to speak of avoiding the prospect of libel litigation. This was certainly true with respect to letters to the FDA back in July, asking why it […]