Legal Opinion
Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2003No. 02-55658PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This is a case involving a cruel and sadistic identity theft. In this appeal, we consider to what extent a computer match making service may be legally responsible for false content in a dating profile provided by someone posing as another person. Under the circumstances presented by this *1121case, we conclude that the service is statutorily immune pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1).
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Matchmaker.com is a commercial Internet dating service. For a fee, members of Matchmaker post anonymous profiles and may then view profiles of other members in their area, contacting them via…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kenneth M. Zeran v. America Online, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Ben Ezra, Weinstein, & Co. v. America Online Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- John Green v. America Online (Aol) John Does 1 & 2Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Gentry v. eBay, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2002
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