S.A.A. Extra: Court Rules Web Hosts Not Liable for Content Providers

(4/11/14)  (From Forbes.com)  The 9th District Court of Appeals disallowed a lawsuit against internet site host, GoDaddy.com Thursday, in a case involving web-based “revenge porn.”  Reversing a lower court decision in the matter, the ruling specified that, “Allowing plaintiffs’ to assert any cause of action against GoDaddy for publishing content created by a third party, or for refusing to remove content created by a third party would be squarely inconsistent with section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act.”

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