Facebook Found Not Liable For Defamatory Postings About Nigerian Man Under CDA

Mealey's (October 17, 2018, 1:22 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A man’s defamation and negligence claims against Facebook Inc. over defamatory postings by two users treat the social network as speaker of the postings, a California federal judge concluded Oct. 9, granting Facebook’s motion to dismiss under the immunity permission of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) (Uzoma Igbonwa v. Facebook Inc., et al., No. 3::18-cv-02027, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173769)....