[Eugene Volokh] District Court Rejects Attempt to Bind Social Media Platforms to Anti-Libel Injunction

From Weitsman v. Levesque, decided Friday by Judge Janis L. Sammartino (S.D. Cal.): [T]he Court has concerns about ordering third parties, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, to take action against Defendant should he fail to remove the material in accordance with the injunction. See Proposed Order (providing that the Court requests that "Google, Yahoo!,…