Civil Litigation
Aug. 25, 2020
Online liability laws conflict with federal ruling
“The issue really is to what extent platforms like Craigslist or YouTube or any other social media sites that rely upon user generated content ... are immune from liability for the content that people post,” Douglas E. Mirell, a partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, said of last week’s federal ruling.
A federal court ruling that found Craigslist is not liable for a child sex trafficking victim's abuse has prompted stakeholders to ask: What is the point of recent legislation to hold online services accountable for sex trafficking activity?
The 2018 FOSTA-SESTA package -- which encompasses two federal bills, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act -- was introduced to re...
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