court opinion re: death threats re: Github Copilot legislation 

GitHub and Microsoft suggest that Plaintiffs' fear is unreasonable because "the types of nasty messages at issue here are a fact of modern life in the era of internet 'trolls.'" ECF No. 72 at 19. GitHub and Microsoft do not explain why the rise of internet trolls renders Plaintiffs' fears of harm unreasonable. Cf. United States v. Bagdasarian, 652 F.3d 1113, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2011) (Wardlaw, J., concurring in part) (describing the connection between anonymous internet posts and subsequent real-world violence). Sending direct messages containing veiled death threats would seem to constitute behavior beyond trolling. See Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 1341 (11th ed. 2003) (defining "troll," in relevant part, as "to antagonize (others) online by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or content" and "to harass, criticize, or antagonize (someone) especially] by provocatively disparaging or mocking public statements, postings, or acts") (emphasis added).

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can’t get over « GitHub and Microsoft do not explain why the rise of internet trolls renders Plaintiffs' fears of harm unreasonable. » lmao

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