United States of America: Lawsuit against Twitter over alleged failure to remove child sexual abuse material (Case No. 3:21-cv-00485-JCS)

Progress

Current status
in force
01 Aug 2025 in force
09 Jan 2024 under appeal
11 Dec 2023 in force

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

01 Aug 2025
in force

United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit issued ruling in lawsuit against Twitter over alleged failure to remove child sexual abuse material

On 1 August 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in Doe 1 v. Twitter, Inc., affecting social media platforms and interactive computer service providers that host user-generated content. The court affirmed th…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
09 Jan 2024
under appeal

Notice of appeal was filed in lawsuit against Twitter over alleged failure to remove child sexual abuse material the United States District Court of Northern California

On 9 January 2024, plaintiffs John Doe 1 and 2 filed a Notice of Appeal in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the Court’s orders from 19 August 2021 and 11 December 2023, and the final judgment that…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
11 Dec 2023
in force

Northern District Court of California issued ruling in lawsuit against Twitter over alleged failure to remove child sexual abuse material

On 11 December 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the final claim in a lawsuit against X Corp. (formerly Twitter), which alleged the platform knowingly benefited from sex trafficking by failing to remove…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court