Bloggers immune from suits against commenters (at least in the US)
Nice move: In the US a Federal Court has ruled that message board operators and bloggers will not be held responsible for postings made by others on the board or blog.
Examining the impact of Sec. 230 on this case, the court noted that “Congress intended that, within broad limits, message board operators would not be held responsible for the postings made by others on that board,” adding that allowing bloggers and message board operators to be sued for the statements of commenters on their sites would have an “obvious chilling effect” on speech.
I wonder if an Indian court of law would also rule in a similar way.
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