Meta files reply in support of reversing order on immunity in US social media case

( August 22, 2025, 17:35 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked the US appeals court to reverse a decision that denied it immunity from claims brought by state attorneys general over social media’s alleged harms, arguing that the failure-to-warn claims that the district court allowed to go forward are based on the identical publishing activities that the court correctly held were protected under Section 230 because they sought to hold Meta liable based on its status and conduct as a publisher. “Plaintiffs seek to narrow the scope of Section 230 to apply only to liability for harmful content, but that effort should be rejected because it is unsupported by — and conflicts with — the text of Section 230, as well as Ninth Circuit precedent,” Meta said. See attached file. ...

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Meta files reply in support of reversing order on immunity in US social media case

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