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Meta must face breach-of-contract claims over Section 230, US judge says

By Mike Swift ( September 22, 2025, 22:35 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms must defend claims that it helped scammers operating on its platforms, with a federal judge in Oakland, California, saying the terms of service the tech company imposes on users also hold reciprocal obligations for the company, in a case where an appeals court previously found Section 230 doesn’t shield Meta from liability.The former Facebook must defend claims that it shirked its content moderation promises to users to protect them from online scammers, a California federal judge ruled Monday, in a case that could illustrate how limits on Section 230 protection for social media platforms play out for contractual agreements....

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