Section 230 Rulings Against Interactive Services
Bo Shang vs Twitch Interactive et al. (3:24-cv-06664-JSC (N.D. Cal.))
Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.Com, LLC (521 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc))
FTC v. Accusearch Inc. (570 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2009))
Doe v. Internet Brands, Inc. (824 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2016))
HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of Santa Monica (918 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2019))
Enigma Software Group v. Malwarebytes, Inc. (946 F.3d 1040 (9th Cir. 2019))
Lemmon v. Snap, Inc. (995 F.3d 1085 (9th Cir. 2021))
Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. (570 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009))
FTC v. LeadClick Media, LLC (838 F.3d 158 (2d Cir. 2016))
MCW, Inc. v. Badbusinessbureau.com, LLC (2004 WL 833595 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 19, 2004))
Henderson v. The Source for Public Data (53 F.4th 110 (4th Cir. 2022))
Hepp v. Facebook (14 F.4th 204 (3d Cir. 2021))
Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC (755 F.3d 398 (6th Cir. 2014))
E-ventures Worldwide, LLC v. Google, Inc. (2017 WL 2210029 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 8, 2017))
Zeran v. America Online, Inc. (129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997))
Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc. (339 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2003))
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee v. Craigslist, Inc. (519 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2008))
Doe v. MySpace, Inc. (528 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008))
Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.com, LLC (817 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2016))
Gonzalez v. Google LLC (598 U.S. ___ (2023))
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.