Posts tagged with "cda"

  1. DefamationSection 230

    Section 230 protected President Trump from defamation liability

    April 11, 2024 - Plaintiff sued the Trump campaign, some of the President’s advisors and several conservative media outlets asserting claims for defamation. Plaintiff – an employee of voting . . .

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  2. Section 230

    Section 230 protects Snapchat against lawsuit brought by assault victim

    February 22, 2024 - A young girl named C.O. found much misfortune using Snapchat. Her parents (the plaintiffs in this lawsuit) alleged that the app's features caused her to . . .

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  3. Section 230

    Zillow gets win in case alleging fraudulent online auction notices

    January 29, 2024 - Plaintiff sued Zillow and some other parties in federal court, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud her by illegally foreclosing on her home. . . .

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  4. LitigationSection 230

    Section 230 protected Meta from claims of discrimination for taking down Palestinian content

    January 17, 2024 - Pro se plaintiff sued Meta seeking to hold it liable for allegedly removing certain "Muslim and/or Palestinian content" while preserving "unspecified Jewish and/or Israeli content" . . .

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  5. Section 230

    Fifth Circuit dissent issues scathing rebuke of broad Section 230 immunity

    December 19, 2023 - 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 . . .

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  6. Section 230

    Court allows Amazon to censor “Wuhan plague” book reviews

    July 20, 2023 - 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 . . .

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  7. Section 230

    Snapchat not liable for enabling teacher to groom minor student

    June 28, 2023 - 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 . . .

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  8. LitigationSection 230

    Amazon gets Section 230 win over alleged defamatory product review

    June 13, 2023 - 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 . . .

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  9. Fraud/MisrepresentationSection 230

    Intellectual property exception to CDA 230 immunity did not apply in case against Google

    October 15, 2019 -

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  10. Section 230

    Section 230 protected Twitter from liability for deleting Senate candidate’s accounts

    June 12, 2019 -

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