Fifth Circuit dissent issues scathing rebuke of broad Section 230 immunity

Dissenting in the court's refusal to rehear an appeal en banc, Judge Elrod of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - joined by six of . . .

Court allows Amazon to censor “Wuhan plague” book reviews

In 2015, plaintiff began posting book reviews on Amazon, but in 2019 Amazon revoked his review privileges due to guideline violations, including reviews that criticized . . .

Snapchat not liable for enabling teacher to groom minor student

A high school science teacher used Snapchat to send sexually explicit content to one of her students, whom she eventually assaulted. Authorities uncovered this abuse . . .

Amazon gets Section 230 win over alleged defamatory product review

Customer ordered a scarf from plaintiffs' Amazon store. Customer left a review claiming the scarf was not a real Burberry. When neither  customer nor Amazon . . .

Section 230 immunity did not protect Omegle in product liability lawsuit

When plaintiff was 11 years old, she was connected to a man in his late thirties using Omegle (a "free online chat room that randomly . . .

Can a person be liable for retweeting a defamatory tweet?

Under traditional principles of defamation law, one can be liable for repeating a defamatory statement to others. Does the same principle apply, however, on social . . .

Omegle protected by Section 230 against claims for child pornography, sex trafficking and related claims

Omegle is a notorious website where you can be randomly placed in a chat room (using video, audio and text) with strangers on the internet. . . .

Section 230 did not protect Snapchat from negligence liability in car crash lawsuit over Speed Filter

The tragic facts Landen Brown was using Snapchat's Speed Filter in 2017 when the car in which he was riding with two other young men . . .

HuffPost protected by Section 230 in Carter Page defamation suit

Carter Page sued the publisher of the HuffPost over some 2016 articles about the Russia collusion matter that Page claimed were defamatory. These articles were . . .

Section 230 protected Google in illegal gambling lawsuit over loot boxes

Plaintiffs sued Google claiming that loot boxes in games available through the Google Play store were illegal "slot machines or devices". (Players who buy loot . . .