"The websites themselves often have "broad immunity," Marcia Hofmann, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a member of Without My Consent," told the Advance in January. That's because of a provision in the 1996 Communications Decency Ac, she said -- the same provision that shields newspapers from lawsuits stemming from comments posted on their websites."
- Date Published:12/11/2013
- Original Publication:Staten Island Advance