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Twitter hit with US privacy, human-trafficking claims over child sexual-abuse content

( January 21, 2021, 00:39 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Twitter has been hit with privacy and human-trafficking allegations in a US lawsuit filed on behalf of a minor child whose abusive images were shared on the social network. "Twitter is not a passive, inactive, intermediary in the distribution of this harmful material; rather, Twitter has adopted an active role in the dissemination and knowing promotion and distribution of this harmful material," the complaint filed on behalf of "John Doe" alleges, adding that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act doesn't shield Twitter from liability because of 2018 CDA amendments in the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA). The suit also alleges Twitter's conduct was an invasion of privacy under the California constitution, saying "Twitter knew that John Doe had a reasonable expectation that the photographic images and video depicting him would remain private."See attached complaint....

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