TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on May 30, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by child pornography victims to overcome a legal shield in a case involving a class action lawsuit accusing Reddit Inc. of violating federal law by failing to rid the discussion website of this illegal content, reported Reuters. The justices turned away the appeal of a lower court's decision to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that Reddit was shielded by U.S. statute Section 230, which safeguards internet companies from lawsuits for content posted by users but has an exception for claims involving child sex trafficking.