Justices Thomas and Gorsuch Argue Court Should Review Scope of 47 U.S.C. § 230 Immunity
From today’s opinion by Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of review in Doe v. Snapchat, L.L.C.:
When petitioner John Doe was 15 years old, his science teacher groomed him for a sexual relationship. The abuse was exposed after Doe overdosed on prescription drugs provided by the teacher. The teacher initially seduced Doe by sending him explicit content on Snapchat, a social-media platform built around the feature of ephemeral, self-deleting messages. Snapchat is popular among teenagers. And, because messages sent on the platform are self-deleting, it is popular among sexual predators as well.
Doe sued Snapchat for, among other things, negligent design under Texas law. He alleged that the platform’s design encourages minors to lie about their age to access the platform, and enables adults to prey upon them through the self-deleting message feature. The courts below concluded that §230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 bars Doe’s claims. The Court of Appeals denied rehearing en banc over the dissent of Judge Elrod, joined by six other judges..
The Court declines to grant Doe’s petition for certiorari. In doing so, the Court chooses
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