Section 230 Immunity and the Roommates.com Case
By Larry Downes on May 31, 2008 at 10:54 am
I write in href="http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Opinion/Avoiding-Web-Rocks-and-Shoals/">this month’s CIO Insight about the 9th Circuit’s en banc decision in the Roommates.com case. This important decision tested the limits of immunity for information service providers (in this case, the operator of a website that allows users to post roommate-matching ads) under Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Act. Read more about Section 230 Immunity and the Roommates.com Case