Craigslist Fair Housing Act Suit Dismissed

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 20, 2006 @01:13AM from the common-carrier dept.

tigersaw writes, "A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed the suit against Craigslist brought by the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which accused the site of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by not actively filtering out housing advertisements that include discriminatory language. Craigslist cited their community-based flagging system as an already effective means of limiting such posts. However, the court held that the site was nonetheless protected by the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA), which shields Web forums from liability for ads and opinions posted by their users."

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./'s immune by cucucu · 2006-11-20 01:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

now that people know that they cannot kill ./ inappropriate postings, will the replies go up in quality?
Re:Terms of Use by ShieldW0lf · 2006-11-20 05:21 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Maybe they just understand that there was a purpose to that law, to prevent prejudicial business practices, and its being dodged.

This is a GOOD law, and Cragslist is a haven for fraudsters. They SHOULD be compelled to comply with this law. Hell, if they can't clean up their act, they should be shut down.

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