No. 22-375

Word of God Fellowship, Inc., dba Daystar Television Network v. Vimeo, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2022-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights content-moderation contract-preemption first-amendment free-speech internet-immunity public-discourse section-230 viewpoint-discrimination
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Takings Patent
Latest Conference: 2023-01-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Section 230 immunity extend to the removal of viewpoint-based speech on matters of public concern when the content of the speech is neither facially obscene, excessively violent, nor harassing?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 47 US.C. § 230(c)(2)(A) grants certain civil immunity to interactive computer service providers who, in good faith, remove “material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.” State and federal courts nationwide are split on whether a provider’s right to remove “otherwise objectionable” material confers expansive immunity to censor material that the provider claims is “objectionable” only because of the speaker’s subjective, political viewpoint—not for its facially obscene, immoral, violent, or harassing content. The questions presented in this case are: 1. Does Section 230 immunity extend to the removal of viewpoint-based speech on matters of public concern when the content of the speech is neither facially obscene, excessively violent, nor harassing? 2. Does Section 230 further preempt state claims for breach of contract, thereby allowing providers to breach with impunity their self-imposed undertakings to host particular content?

Docket Entries

2023-01-23
Petition DENIED
2023-01-23
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2023-01-04
Reply of petitioner Word of God Fellowship, Inc. d/b/a Daystar Television Networth filed. (Distributed)
2022-12-21
2022-11-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 21, 2022.
2022-11-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 21, 2022 to December 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-10-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Vimeo, Inc., et al.
Michael Andrew CheahVimeo, Inc., Respondent
Michael Andrew CheahVimeo, Inc., Respondent
Word of God Fellowship, Inc. d/b/a Daystar Television Networth
John Hill Cayce Jr.Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Petitioner
John Hill Cayce Jr.Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Petitioner