Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. '230) ('CDA') essentially gives Internet service providers immunity from liability for publishing false or defamatory material as long as that material was provided by another party.
Did 'Roommates.com' Nix Consumer-Generated Content?
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act essentially gives Internet service providers immunity from liability for publishing false or defamatory material as long as that material was provided by another party. In <i>Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com LLC</i>, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an earlier ruling that a commercial roommate-matching service may be liable for violations of the Fair Housing Act because of the manner in which the site elicits information from prospective roommates.
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