The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond.
Tag Archives: first amendment
Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube
It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism.
Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints
It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.
Redditor can stay anonymous, court rules
The Watch Tower sought to unmask a Jehovah’s Witness who posted its content to show what data the organization collects and processes.
Politicians who block social media users are violating First Amendment
The difference between a personal vs. an official social media account was at the crux of the case decided on Monday.
Threatening to post a sex tape on Facebook isn’t a crime, US court rules
Threatening to post a sex tape on Facebook doesn’t constitute criminality or a “true threat”, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled, given that the defendant didn’t express an “intent to commit an act of unlawful violence.”
US government takes aim at 3D printed guns
Should the blueprints for guns really be considered “free speech?” Or is that a convenient bending of reality? 
Facebook post criticizing employer lands Florida man in Abu Dhabi prison
Used to First Amendment protection, he never would have imagined that berating his employer would land him in an Emirati jail. Now, Ryan Pate faces a potential 5 years in jail and a stiff fine. 
Man jailed after posting ex’s topless photos to her employer’s Facebook page
Not just anywhere on Facebook, mind you: hiding behind a pseudonym, the man posted the photos to his ex’s employer’s page, and urged them to fire her. His one-year sentence comes from the first conviction under the revenge porn law California passed in October 2013. 
Supreme Court quotes rap as it mulls Facebook free-speech case
The Supreme Court is wrestling with violent Facebook postings and the notion that posting “rap lyrics” is therapy that kept a ranting guy from really killing.