No. 24-7025

James Todino v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2025-04-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: criminal-harm due-process internet-immunity platform-liability section-230 user-generated-content
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides
continued immunity to internet platforms that knowingly host user
generated content involving impersonation, harassment, child
exploitation, and death threats after repeated notifications, law
enforcement referrals, and ignored court orders —especially where such
conduct implicates federal criminal statutes and exposes the legal void in
regulating online harm.

2. Whether the Massachusetts Appeals Court erred in upholding dismissal
without considering claims that platforms supported criminal activity,
and whether the Supreme Judicial Court violated due process by denying
further appellate review, thereby barring civil remedies based on an
overbroad interpretation of Section 230, contrary to Congressional intent
to permit recovery for criminal harms.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides continued immunity to internet platforms that knowingly host user generated content involving impersonation, harassment, child exploitation, and death threats after repeated notifications, law enforcement referrals, and ignored court orders

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-10-06
Motion Denied.
2025-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-04
Motion of petitioner to seal the petition for a writ of certiorari and for leave to file a petition for rehearing under seal filed.
2025-07-01
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 19, 2025)

Attorneys

James R. Todino
James R. Todino — Petitioner