2023 Quick Links: Section 230

…Lai v. Offerup Inc., 2023 Cal. Super. LEXIS 49865 (Cal. Superior Ct. July 28, 2023). OfferUp qualifies for Section 230 again. * Langer v. San Fernando Valley Alarm, 2022 Cal….

Section 230 Once Again Applies to Claims Over Offline Sexual Abuse–Doe v. Grindr

…court notes several similar 230 dismissals: Doe v. Kik, MH v. Omegle, LH v. Marriott, Rodriguez v. OfferUp, Doe v. AOL. More generally, this case waded into long-standing Section 230…

Do Mandatory Age Verification Laws Conflict with Biometric Privacy Laws?–Kuklinski v. Binance

…rejected in Sosa v. Onfido and that decision was persuasive. [The Sosa v. Onfido case also involved face-scanning identity verification for the service OfferUp. I wonder if the court would…

Messaging App Isn’t Liable for an Offline Murder (Even Without Section 230)–Roland v. Letgo

…2018, I blogged about Lee v. OfferUp, a similar case involving online listings and an offline robbery where Section 230 was dispositive. In the same genre is Rodriguez v. OfferUp,…

Section 230’s Success in Under-the-Radar Cases

…alleges that OfferUp is liable for negligence because it allowed third-parties to post an advertisement on OfferUp’s app, which is a website, that lured Lee to a location where he…