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The U.S. Supreme Court has once again defined the rules of the road for millions of employers and employees in the American workplace with its recent decision in
Van Buren v. United States. The Court’s opinion resolved conflicting interpretations of a federal statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 1030 (“CFAA”), which protects workplace computers and the information stored on them from different types of unauthorized access, whether perpetrated by current employees like appellant Nathan Van Buren, former employees, or business competitors. As is the case with many of the Court’s opinions, the Justices didn’t just resolve the legal issue presented by
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The plaintiffs were likely to prevail on their claim that the new law violated the First Amendment if the case went to trial, the judge said.
Hinkle said the new law was aimed at only large social media businesses, not smaller ones that provide the same services, and made exceptions for Disney and their apps by including that theme park owners wouldn’t be subject to the law. Walt Disney World outside Orlando is one of the state s largest private employers.
“The legislation compels providers to host speech that violates their standards speech they otherwise would not host and forbids providers from speaking as they otherwise would, Hinkle wrote.