communications-decency-act

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-286 Six4Three, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., et al. California 2025-09-11 Denied Response Waived communications-decency-act developer-apis liability-immunity online-platform product-design section-230 Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes an online platform for its own conduct, speech, and product design choices?
24-1299 Planet Green Cartridges, Inc., a California Corporation v. Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-platforms product-misrepresentation section-230 third-party-content Does Section 230 confer immunity on internet platforms when they knowingly permit, facilitate, and profit from third-party promotion and sale of misre…
24-1202 John Doe v. Grindr Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-23 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) algorithmic-recommendation communications-decency-act minor-protection platform-liability product-design section-230 Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act immunizes apps from liability for defective product design and insufficient warnings when …
24-1116 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-28 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived communications-decency-act first-party-conduct immunity interactive-computer-service pleading-stage section-230 Whether §230(c)(1) confers immunity from suit at the pleading stage and protects affirmative first-party conduct by interactive computer service provi…
24-864 Estate of Carson Bride, By and Through His Appointed Administrator Kristin Bride, et al. v. Yolo Technologies, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-12 Denied Response Waived anonymous-communication communications-decency-act content-moderation online-messaging products-liability section-230 Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act immunizes an online anonymous messaging app from products liability claims where the app a…
22-753 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied communications-decency-act content-moderation due-process free-speech good-samaritan immunity interactive-computer-service-provider internet-service-provider section-230 Proper scope of immunity under Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act
22-695 Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Relisted (2) child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A) is limited solely to Section 1595 claims where the defendant itself has co…
21-1333 Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC Ninth Circuit 2022-04-06 Judgment Issued Amici (79) civil-rights communications-decency-act editorial-functions immunity information-content-provider interactive-computer-service section-230 targeted-recommendations Does section 230(c)(1) immunize interactive computer services when they make targeted recommendations of information provided by another information c…
21-1142 James Domen, et al. v. Vimeo, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived amendment-opportunity bad-faith civil-rights communications-decency-act discrimination discrimination-claims interactive-computer-service preemption section-230 Does Section 230(c)(1) preempt discrimination claims against an interactive computer service?
21-459 Jane Doe v. Facebook, Inc. Texas 2021-09-27 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (6) communications-decency-act immunity internet-platform-immunity legal-liability platform-misconduct publisher-liability section-230 sex-trafficking third-party-content Does Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provide immunity from suit to internet platforms in any case arising from the publication of third-…
20-632 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied anti-competitive-animus communications-decency-act good-faith-content-removal information-content-provider publisher-liability secondary-publisher Is the breadth of CDA immunity for interactive computer service providers
19-1284 Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) anticompetitive-animus antitrust blocking civil-liability civil-rights communications-decency-act computer-service-providers filtering free-speech immunity section-230 Whether federal courts can derive an implied exception to Section 230(c)(2)(B) immunity for blocking or filtering decisions when they are alleged to b…
19-859 Stuart Force, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied communications-decency-act content-provider editorial-function editorial-functions immunity interactive-computer-service legal-interpretation online-platforms publisher publisher-immunity section-230 Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity to online platforms or is limited to traditional editorial functio…
19-849 Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied civil-rights communications-decency-act content-moderation editorial-function editorial-functions free-speech immunity information-provider internet-immunity publisher publisher-liability section-230 Does Section 230(c)(1) provide broad immunity or limit the definition of a publisher?
19-192 Matthew Herrick v. Grindr LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense communications-decency-act failure-to-warn fraud interactive-computer-services motion-to-dismiss negligence non-publication-torts product-liability publication-torts section-230 Does the Communications Decency Act § 230(c)(1) prevent well pleaded causes of action for non-publication torts?
19-153 Yasmeen Daniel, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Zina Daniel Haughton v. Armslist, LLC, et al. Wisconsin 2019-08-01 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 47-usc-230 circuit-split civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-regulation section-230 state-civil-liability third-party-content tort-liability website-liability website-owners Does the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230's prohibition on treating providers of interactive computer services as publishers or speakers of …
18-1090 Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity Petitioner seeks review of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes website operators from liability for their own negligent or…
18-506 Dawn L. Hassell, et al. v. Yelp, Inc. California 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) communications-decency-act injunction interactive-computer-services non-party non-party-liability section-230 tortious-content unprotected-content unprotected-speech Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act bars plaintiffs from obtaining an injunction enforcing a valid final judgment against a non-part…