communications-decency-act
18 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-286 | Six4Three, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., et al. | California | 2025-09-11 | Denied | Response Waived | communications-decency-act developer-apis liability-immunity online-platform product-design section-230 | Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes an online platform for its own conduct, speech, and product design choices? |
| 24-1299 | Planet Green Cartridges, Inc., a California Corporation v. Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-06-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-platforms product-misrepresentation section-230 third-party-content | 1. In early 2022, Plaintiff Planet Green, Inc. ("Planet Green"), a U.S.-based remanufacturer of printer ink cartridges, provided Defendants Amazon.com… |
| 24-1202 | John Doe v. Grindr Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-05-23 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | algorithmic-recommendation communications-decency-act minor-protection platform-liability product-design section-230 | 1. Does Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act immunize apps from liability for their own conduct in marketing and designing defective pr… |
| 24-1116 | Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-04-28 | Denied | Amici (3)Response Waived | communications-decency-act first-party-conduct immunity interactive-computer-service pleading-stage section-230 | This writ of certiorari centers around the proper scope of immunity conferred by subsection (c) of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. §… |
| 24-864 | Estate of Carson Bride, By and Through His Appointed Administrator Kristin Bride, et al. v. Yolo Technologies, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-02-12 | Denied | Response Waived | anonymous-communication communications-decency-act content-moderation online-messaging products-liability section-230 | Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the CDA immunizes an online anonymous messaging app from products liability claims, where the app was alleged to be dange… |
| 22-753 | Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-02-10 | Denied | communications-decency-act content-moderation due-process free-speech good-samaritan immunity interactive-computer-service-provider internet-service-provider section-230 | This writ of certiorari centers around the proper scope of immunity conferred by subsection (c) of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 ("CDA"), Tit… | |
| 22-695 | Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-25 | Denied | Relisted (2) | child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability | Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A)—which states "Nothing in this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A)) sh… |
| 21-1333 | Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC | Ninth Circuit | 2022-04-06 | Judgment Issued | Amici (79) | civil-rights communications-decency-act editorial-functions immunity information-content-provider interactive-computer-service section-230 targeted-recommendations | Does section 230(c)(1) immunize interactive computer services when they make targeted recommendations of information provided by another information c… |
| 21-1142 | James Domen, et al. v. Vimeo, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2022-02-16 | Denied | Response Waived | amendment-opportunity bad-faith civil-rights communications-decency-act discrimination discrimination-claims interactive-computer-service preemption section-230 | 1. Does Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) preempt classification-based discrimination claims by a customer against an interact… |
| 21-459 | Jane Doe v. Facebook, Inc. | Texas | 2021-09-27 | Denied | Amici (3)Relisted (6) | communications-decency-act immunity internet-platform-immunity legal-liability platform-misconduct publisher-liability section-230 sex-trafficking third-party-content | Does Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provide immunity from suit to internet platforms in any case arising from the publication of third-… |
| 20-632 | Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-10 | Denied | anti-competitive-animus communications-decency-act good-faith-content-removal information-content-provider publisher-liability secondary-publisher | 1. Is the breadth of Communications Decency Act ("CDA") immunity that "if a[n] [interactive computer service provider, "ICSP"] unknowingly leaves up i… | |
| 19-1284 | Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC | Ninth Circuit | 2020-05-13 | Denied | Amici (4)Relisted (2) | anticompetitive-animus antitrust blocking civil-liability civil-rights communications-decency-act computer-service-providers filtering free-speech immunity section-230 | Whether federal courts can derive an implied exception to Section 230(c)(2)(B) immunity for blocking or filtering decisions when they are alleged to b… |
| 19-859 | Stuart Force, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2020-01-09 | Denied | communications-decency-act content-provider editorial-function editorial-functions immunity interactive-computer-service legal-interpretation online-platforms publisher publisher-immunity section-230 | (1) Is section 230(c)(1) a limitation on the definition of a publisher under certain other prohibitions, or a broad grant of immunity to covered publi… | |
| 19-849 | Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-06 | Denied | civil-rights communications-decency-act content-moderation editorial-function editorial-functions free-speech immunity information-provider internet-immunity publisher publisher-liability section-230 | Section 230(c)(1) of Title 47 states that no provider of interactive computer service (such as a website) "shall be treated as the publisher of any in… | |
| 19-192 | Matthew Herrick v. Grindr LLC, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-08-14 | Denied | Response Waived | affirmative-defense communications-decency-act failure-to-warn fraud interactive-computer-services motion-to-dismiss negligence non-publication-torts product-liability publication-torts section-230 | (1) Does the Communications Decency Act § 230(c)(1), which protects interactive computer services from liability for traditional publication torts whe… |
| 19-153 | Yasmeen Daniel, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Zina Daniel Haughton v. Armslist, LLC, et al. | Wisconsin | 2019-08-01 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 47-usc-230 circuit-split civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-regulation section-230 state-civil-liability third-party-content tort-liability website-liability website-owners | Does the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230's prohibition on treating providers of interactive computer services as publishers or speakers of… |
| 18-1090 | Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity | Does Section 230 of the CDA immunize web site operators for their own negligent or tortious conduct from all civil lawsuits any time a third party has… |
| 18-506 | Dawn L. Hassell, et al. v. Yelp, Inc. | California | 2018-10-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | communications-decency-act injunction interactive-computer-services non-party non-party-liability section-230 tortious-content unprotected-content unprotected-speech | Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230 et seq., which precludes holding certain interactive computer services "liable"… |