Google Immune from Liability Under § 230 of the CDA for AdWords Content Created by Third Parties
By Amanda Avila on March 11, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Author: Matt Kellogg
In the Northern District of California, the District Court granted Google’s motion to dismiss in a suit claiming that Google had been complicit in fraud perpetrated through its AdWords program. Because the plaintiff did not allege that Google had helped to develop the offending content, Google was immune under § 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which shields website operators from liability for hosting unlawful content created by third parties. Read more about Google Immune from Liability Under § 230 of the CDA for AdWords Content Created by Third Parties
