Section 230 Rulings Against Interactive Services

  • Bo Shang vs Twitch Interactive et al. (3:24-cv-06664-JSC (N.D. Cal.))

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  • Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.Com, LLC (521 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc))

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  • FTC v. Accusearch Inc. (570 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2009))

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  • Doe v. Internet Brands, Inc. (824 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2016))

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  • HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of Santa Monica (918 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2019))

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  • Enigma Software Group v. Malwarebytes, Inc. (946 F.3d 1040 (9th Cir. 2019))

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  • Lemmon v. Snap, Inc. (995 F.3d 1085 (9th Cir. 2021))

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  • Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. (570 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009))

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  • FTC v. LeadClick Media, LLC (838 F.3d 158 (2d Cir. 2016))

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  • MCW, Inc. v. Badbusinessbureau.com, LLC (2004 WL 833595 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 19, 2004))

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  • Henderson v. The Source for Public Data (53 F.4th 110 (4th Cir. 2022))

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  • Hepp v. Facebook (14 F.4th 204 (3d Cir. 2021))

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  • Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC (755 F.3d 398 (6th Cir. 2014))

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  • E-ventures Worldwide, LLC v. Google, Inc. (2017 WL 2210029 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 8, 2017))

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  • Zeran v. America Online, Inc. (129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997))

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  • Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc. (339 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2003))

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  • Chicago Lawyers’ Committee v. Craigslist, Inc. (519 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2008))

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  • Doe v. MySpace, Inc. (528 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008))

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  • Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.com, LLC (817 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2016))

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  • Gonzalez v. Google LLC (598 U.S. ___ (2023))

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Proof By Contraposition

If a service can be treated as a publisher, then it is not acting as a Good Samaritan. Contrapositively, if it performs such actions, it cannot be treated as a publisher.