Thursday, December 29, 2011

Florida appeals court rules ripoffreport.com absolutely immune from suit for defamatory posting

In Giordano v. Romeo, a Florida appeals court has affirmed dismissal of a case in which ripoffreport.com had published an admittedly false and defamatory posting by one of its users, on the ground that under the Communications Decency Act -- 47 USC 230 -- the site is immune from suit for postings by its users as a provider of an "interactive computer service" within the meaning of the statute.


Decision of 3rd District Court of Appeal of Florida




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