California judge rules Snap must face lawsuit over children’s fentanyl purchases
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A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform — a procedural decision that could ultimately weaken the tech industry’s legal immunity shield known as Section 230 and expose social media platforms to even more lawsuits.
A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform. Tuesday’s ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff permits a dozen claims to proceed against Snap from the relatives of young people who allegedly suffered fentanyl overdoses that in many cases proved fatal. The decision could ultimately weaken the tech industry’s legal immunity shield, known as Section 230, and expose social media platforms to even more lawsuits. Riff’s decision allowing the case to move forward means Snap will have to fight allegations ranging from product defects to negligence and wrongful death. The ruling highlights the latest lawsuit to effectively circumvent a broad legal tool that tech companies have used for decades to nip content moderation suits in the bud. It has also come under frequent attack from politicians of both political parties in recent years. Tech platforms and internet speech experts have credited Section 230 for the rise of the modern internet, arguing that it facilitated the creation of email, web forums, review sites and e-commerce by raising the bar for lawsuits against tech startups and individual internet users.
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