TikTok app displayed on an iPhone. August 7, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMTikTok Opts Not to Take Section 230 Immunity Fight to U.S. Supreme Court
TikTok informed a federal district judge that it will not appeal a Third Circuit ruling that determined the company’s video-suggestion algorithm is not subject to the immunities afforded by Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act.
February 06, 2025 at 05:16 PM
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What You Need to Know
- TikTok will not be asking the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the scope of immunities shielding social media companies from liability for content posted by their platforms’ users.
- The Third Circuit had ruled that TikTok's video-suggestion algorithm is not subject to the immunities afforded by Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act.
- Now, litigation is moving forward in a lawsuit alleging that a 10-year-old girl died attempting a dangerous 'challenge' she saw in a video promoted to her by TikTok's algorithm.
TikTok will not be asking the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the scope of immunities shielding social media companies from liability for content posted by their platforms’ users.
TikTok Inc. and its parent company ByteDance Inc. on Wednesday informed a federal district judge that they decided not to pursue a high court appeal of a Third Circuit ruling that determined the company’s video-suggestion algorithm is not subject to the immunities afforded by Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act.
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