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Court: Judge wrong to dismiss complaint against Facebook

Court: Judge wrong to dismiss complaint against Facebook

1 Oct 22:24 Key points summarised by AI
  • The New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a lower court's dismissal, allowing a cafe owner's lawsuit against Facebook to proceed.
  • Cafe owner Emmett Soldati sued Facebook after his Teatotaller cafe's Instagram account, used for marketing and LGBTQ+ advocacy, was shut down without warning in 2018.
  • The court ruled Soldati "sufficiently alleged a claim for breach of contract" under Facebook's Terms of Use and that Facebook's immunity defense under the Communications Decency Act was not evident at this stage.
  • This decision sends the case back to the lower court, signaling that social media platforms may not have absolute immunity from user claims.
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