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26 Jul 2021, 12:52 pm
For years now, scholars have expressed alarm at the tendency of government officials to use informal means, rather than democratically enacted laws, to pressure the social media companies to take down what they consider to be harmful or offensive speech. [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 12:52 pm
For years now, scholars have expressed alarm at the tendency of government officials to use informal means, rather than democratically enacted laws, to pressure the social media companies to take down what they consider to be harmful or offensive speech. [read post]
19 Jul 2021, 3:20 pm
[Jen Psaki's comments about the government "flagging problematic posts for Facebook" raises the issue; so does Donald Trump's lawsuit against social media platforms, based on government statements that allegedly coerced those platforms.] [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 8:39 am
For example, we’d like to see a commitment to publicly report on government requests that don’t come with an official subpoena, such as when Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart violated the First Amendment by bullying credit card companies to shut down an account. [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 6:00 am
The judge said Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart's anti-Backpage lobbying amounted to "an informal extralegal prior restraint of speech" because Dart's actions were threatening the site's financial survival. [read post]
1 May 2016, 9:05 pm
Peter Roskam would keep IRS from collecting names of donors to nonprofits [Center for Competitive Politics] Newly enacted Tennessee conscience exemption for psychological counselors and therapists avoids some of the dangers of compelled speech [Scott Shackford, Reason] Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, benchslapped by Judge Richard Posner after sending credit card companies letters urging them to cut off dealings with Backpage.com, now seeks Supreme… [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 6:31 am
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently slammed Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart for his actions trying to get Mastercard and Visa to stop processing payments for Backpage, an advertising website whose ads include various adult services (some legal, some not). [read post]
1 Dec 2015, 6:38 pm
Dart a unanimous panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a lively opinion ordered Thomas Dart, the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, to end his “campaign of suffocation” against the website and stop violating its First Amendment rights. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 6:10 pm
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 3:00 pm
Backpage.com sued Thomas Dart, the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, arguing that the sheriff’s successful campaign to get Visa and MasterCard to cease providing financial services to the website amounted to informal government censorship in violation of the First Amendment. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 6:06 pm
A federal judge crucified the sheriff for the nation's second-most populous county Friday, ordering Illinois, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart to back off on its attacks on Backpage.com's sex ads—attacks that could soon put the classifieds portal out of business. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 2:23 pm
That's why Illinois, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart and the operators of online classified portal Backpage.com are in a legal duel of sorts—and the First Amendment and federal law protecting website operators are squarely in the crosshairs. [read post]
29 May 2015, 7:00 am
Mental Health Crisis in Cook County Jails Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. [read post]
27 May 2015, 3:19 pm
Chicago “Rocket Docket” Bill The Accelerated Resolution Court Act, or the “Rocket Docket” bill, was pressed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 3:33 am
Dart, Cook County Sheriff (Via U.S. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 7:12 am
Sheriff Thomas Dart that accused the forum of promoting prostitution in its erotic services listings.Judge John F. [read post]
24 Oct 2009, 7:29 pm
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by the Sheriff of Cook County against Craigslist (Dart v. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 2:40 am
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Craigslist has not done enough to stop facilitating prostitution, charges sheriff in Chicago
"Cook County, Ill., Sheriff Thomas Dart rejected Craigslist Inc.'s efforts to revamp its sex ad listings, telling a federal judge in Chicago on Thursday that the company has not gone far enough to stop prostitution conducted through the Web site". [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 7:28 am
Sheriff Thomas Dart says that Craigslist is ""the single largest source of prostitution in the... [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 5:14 am
Posted in Company News, Lawsuits Tagged: Cook County Sheriff, Craigslist, prostitution, Thomas Dart [read post]
