A Texas high schooler whose science teacher allegedly used Snapchat to draw him into a sexual relationship has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the scope of a federal law immunizing internet publishers from liability for users’ content – just days after Snap asked a California appeals court to review a state judge’s decision allowing parents of fentanyl victims to evade the immunity shield. Alison Frankel looks at both petitions in the context of increasingly savvy attempts by plaintiffs to use product liability claims to bypass Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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