THE VERGE | These six lawsuits shaped the Internet | August 19, 2014 | Clinical Fellow Andy Sellars joined several other First Amendment experts in creating a list of court cases that defined speech on the Internet in legal terms. These six lawsuits between 1995 and 2006 helped to anchor the freedom to express oneself online, as well as to host content for others without fear of prosecution, and to establish mechanisms for determining how businesses conduct themselves online.