Posts tagged with "immunity"

  1. ContractsSection 230

    No Section 230 immunity for Facebook on contract-related claims

    June 6, 2024 - Plaintiffs sued Meta, claiming that they were harmed by fraudulent third-party ads posted on Facebook. Plaintiffs argued that these ads violated Meta’s own terms of . . .

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  2. Section 230

    Section 230 immunity protected provider of ringless voicemail services to telemarketers

    March 26, 2024 - Defendant telecommunication services provider provided ringless voicemail services and VoIP services to telemarketers. These services enabled telemarketers to mass deliver prerecorded messages directly to recipients' . . .

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  3. 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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  4. Computer CrimeSection 230

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

    January 12, 2022 - 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. . . .

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  5. DefamationSection 230

    Section 230 immunity protected Twitter from claims it aided and abetted defamation

    September 22, 2020 - Twitter enjoyed Section 230 immunity for aiding and abetting defamation because plaintiffs' claims on that point did not transform Twitter into a party that created . . .

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  6. Section 230

    Website avoided liability over user content thanks to Section 230

    August 20, 2020 - Section 230 protected a website from liability over content its users posted, in a recent case from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Plaintiff sued . . .

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  7. Section 230

    Section 230 did not protect online car sharing platform

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  8. DefamationSection 230

    Section 230 protected Google in lawsuit over blog post

    February 24, 2018 -

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  9. Section 230

    Anti-malware provider immune under CDA for calling competitor’s product a security threat

    November 9, 2017 -

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  10. Section 230

    YouTube not liable for aiding ISIS in Paris attack

    October 26, 2017 -

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