Court Upholds Instagram’s TOS–Feds for Freedom v. Meta

Feds for Freedom is an anti-COVID vax organization. It registered an Instagram account. F4F is upset that Instagram allegedly warned anyone who tried to repost their content that: This account has repeatedly posted false information that was reviewed by independent fact checkers or went against our Community Guidelines. Do you want to @mention this account? There was a more prominent “cancel” button than the option to proceed, implicitly nudging users to cancel. F4F claims that none of its posts were false and Instagram didn’t rely on fact-checkers before displaying the interstitial warning. The filings don’t appear to show the interstitial warning (why not?), but I found this example online: F4F filed in Virginia state court. Instagram removed to federal court and then sought to transfer venue to California per its TOS. The federal district judge agrees. F4F argued that Instagram’s TOS formation process was a browsewrap. I couldn’t find screenshots in the filings (why not?), but the…