Ninth Circuit precedent protects information service providers from liability arising from user-generated content, including when classifying user characteristics as part of platform design or providing neutral tools that users later use to engage in “unlawful or illicit conduct.” In Vargas, the court concluded that defendant Facebook Inc. could be responsible as a co-developer of housing ads wrongfully targeted by advertisers based on protected characteristics of users identified by…
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
