https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/01/section-230-helps-snapchat-defeat-personal-injury-claim-due-to-speed-filter-maynard-v-mcgee.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/01/section-230-helps-snapchat-defeat-personal-injury-claim-due-to-speed-filter-maynard-v-mcgee.htm#comment-1756 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:24:10 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16893#comment-1756 […] Snap Me into Trouble! In a growing type of case where victims of accidents sue cellphone technology providers for motivating these accidents, a car crash victim unsuccessfully sued Snapchat after a Georgia woman—who was allegedly encouraged to drive at an unsafe speed by Snapchat’s Speed Filter—caused him permanent brain damage; the court opinion held that Snapchat was immune from liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity to providers of an “interactive computer service” that publishes information provided by others–despite that the woman’s Snap was never actually published. […]

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