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Appeals Court Denies Safe Harbor for Roommates.com

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the appeals-court-says-don't-be-a-dick dept.

Mariner writes "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Roommates.com Safe Harbor status under the Communications Decency Act in a lawsuit brought by the Fair Housing Councils of San Fernando Valley and San Diego. Roommates.com was accused of helping landlords discriminate against certain kinds of tenants due to a couple of questions on the Roommates.com registration form: gender and sexual orientation. 'Though it refused to rule on whether Roommates.com actually violated the Fair Housing Act, the Court did find that it lost Section 230 immunity because it required users to enter that information in order to proceed. As Judge Alex Kozinski put it in his opinion, "if it is responsible, in whole or in part, for creating or developing the information, it becomes a content provider and is not entitled to CDA immunity."'"

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  1. Look, I just wanted a normal male roommate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't have to get all pissy about the "no fags or bitches" part of my flier.

  2. Re:I don't know what the problem is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you were unknowingly matched up with a gay man, and you're a devout Evangelical Christian

    I smell sitcom!

  3. Re:I don't know what the problem is... by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you were unknowingly matched up with a gay man, and you're a devout Evangelical Christian

    I smell sitcom!
    That's so 90's... I smell reality TV!
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