Free Speech

Eugene Volokh | 12.17.2024 8:37 AM

From Judge William Alsup's opinion Thursday in Dangaard v. Instagram, LLC (N.D. Cal. 2024):

The public enjoys the right to know to whom the public courts provide relief (or not). Filings "more than tangentially related to the merits of a case" may be sealed only for "compelling reasons." That "standard applies to most judicial records," with a "good cause" standard applying otherwise….

This order now addresses materials contained within Meta's motion for summary judgment that Meta wishes to keep sealed…. First, Meta states that citing to its internal policies of how it moderates content and statistics reflecting how Meta........

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