Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 26, 2017
Maintain immunity under the Communications Decency Act
What should you do if users start using your client's website to post hateful, obscene or defamatory comments and images? User-posted content can damage your business image and, with the wrong set of facts, result in legal liability.
Matthew Lubniewski
Buchalterbusiness law
55 2nd St Ste 1700
San Francisco , CA 94105-3493
Phone: (415) 296-1675
Email: mlubniewski@buchalter.com
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Law
Matthew Lubniewski is an attorney in Buchalter's San Francisco office
Samantha Beatty
Buchalterreal property
55 2nd St Ste 1700
San Francisco , CA 94105-3493
Phone: (415) 227-3616
Email: sbeatty@buchalter.com
UC Davis King Hall
Samantha Beatty is an attorney in Buchalter's San Francisco office
What should you do if users start using your client's website to post hateful, obscene or defamatory comments and images? User-posted content can damage your business image and, with the wrong set of facts, result in legal liability.
One of the key laws that operators of websites and online services that allow the upload of user content should be aware of is Section 230 of Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996. Section 230 of the CDA is a critically important federal law that can ...
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