Should Google, Facebook, Twitter, and more be treated as "public utilities"? Common carriers of information subject to unified and often significant government regulatory measures? Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost seems to think so, and he's asked the Ohio court system to affirm his beliefs. But what about the Ohio laws that say Internet information services are specifically exempt? And the power of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to determine what regulations should apply even if they're not? Seems that AG Yost would cut down every law in England to get at the devil, but we wouldn't…in Virtual Legality. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/Q08QCR2aOpE #Google #Ohio #Lawsuit *** SUPPORT THE CHANNEL PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/VirtualLegality STREAMLABS - https://streamlabs.com/richardhoeg STORE - https://teespring.com/stores/hoeg-law-store *** Discussed in this episode: Ohio vs Google Filed June 8, 2021 https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Briefing-Room/News-Releases/Filed-Complaint-(Time-Stamped).aspx Ohio Revised Statutes https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2721.02 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4905.04 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4905.05 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4905.02 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4905.03 https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4901.23 "JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY" Decided April 5, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-197_5ie6.pdf "Terms and definitions" 47 CFR 51.5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/51.5 "Definitions" 47 USC 153 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/153 *** "Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law). CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL. *** Twitter: @hoeglaw Web: hoeglaw.com