Great CA court outcome for online publishers
I agree wholeheartedly with the courts finding that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects online journalists and bloggers. The court did comment that a finding that “recognizing broad immunity for defamatory republications on the Internet has some troubling consequences.” I disagree and believe that in fact, Section 230 should be read this broadly.
In a victory for bloggers, newsgroup participants and other Web publishers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual Internet users cannot be held liable for republishing defamatory statements written by others.