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US Supreme Court leaves intact Section 230 immunity for false e-commerce listings

By Nick Robertson ( November 17, 2025, 19:35 GMT | Insight) -- The US Supreme Court on Monday left in place a broad interpretation of safe harbor under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for e-commerce sites. Planet Green Cartridges had petitioned the court to review the dismissal of its claims against Amazon for false claims in third-party product descriptions on its site.The US Supreme Court left intact a broad interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act’s safe harbor provision Monday, declining to grant certiorari to an appeal by Planet Green Cartridges against Amazon over false claims in third-party product descriptions. The order continues a trend of the court largely declining to hear intellectual property appeals....

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