June 12, 2023
The Ninth Circuit has denied a full rehearing of a lawsuit alleging Twitter refused to remove child pornography after being notified by one underage victim, leaving in place a ruling that the social media company has civil immunity under the Communications Decency Act.
May 04, 2023
The Ninth Circuit has dismissed a claim that Twitter violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act by allowing users to solicit and recruit a pair of 13-year-old boys for sex trafficking, while affirming the dismissal of two other claims from the suit.
December 15, 2022
Elon Musk's well-publicized beef with Cooley LLP has led the new Twitter CEO to part ways with the law firm, which had been defending the social media company from a claim that it benefited from sex trafficking by failing to remove pornographic videos of two trafficked boys.