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Roblox asks judge to dismiss illegal gambling suit

Roblox asked a federal judge in California to dismiss a suit from two mothers who allege the platform allowed an illegal gambling ring to prey on their children. Instead, the judge has allowed the case to proceed - though some of the claims, including RICO allegations, have been dismissed. The company argued that the plaintiffs' claims were barred…
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Roblox asks judge to dismiss illegal gambling suit
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Amazon Responds To Social Casino Lawsuit

After a lawsuit was announced in November against Amazon for offering users access to social casino apps, the company responded last week arguing that federal law shields Internet platforms from claims brought involving third-party applications. Amazon attorneys asked a federal judge to freeze plaintiff efforts in Seattle while similar suits…
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Amazon invokes legal shield, seeks halt to lawsuit accusing profits from casino apps

Amazon.com has invoked a U.S. law shielding internet platforms from liabilities related to third-party content to counter a new consumer lawsuit alleging the company's profiting from illicit casino-style apps. In a filing on Thursday, Amazon urged a federal judge in Seattle to halt the consumers' case pending an appeals court decision on similar…
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CCIA Files Briefs In Casino Apps Cases

Washington - Ahead of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hearing several cases involving online casino apps, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed three similar friend of the court briefs in support of the defendant app stores. Current federal law - Section 230 - recognizes that digital services, including app stores,…
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CCIA Files Briefs In Casino Apps Cases
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Big Tech Appeals Casino App Ruling: 'Grave Harm to the Internet Economy.'

Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to loosen legal protections afforded tech companies, the immunity law is back before a federal appeals court. On Monday, Apple, Google and Facebook's Meta Platforms Inc. asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a 2022 decision concluding that Section 230 of the Communications…
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Big Tech Appeals Casino App Ruling: 'Grave Harm to the Internet Economy.'
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Meta Asks to File Extra Brief in Ninth Circuit Appeal of Simulated Casino Game Ruling

Meta Platforms Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to file a reply in the possible appeal concerning the application of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to a case concerning casino games hosted on Meta platforms. The proposed brief argued that the court should accept the interlocutory appeal which it said…
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Meta Asks to File Extra Brief in Ninth Circuit Appeal of Simulated Casino Game Ruling
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Facebook Moves to Dismiss Social Casino Case With Section 230 Defense

A motion filed by Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc., at the tail-end of last week asserts that the social media empire is insulated from a Northern District of California suit pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The company is attempting to wield the liability shield in a case brought by consumers alleging that it…
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Facebook Moves to Dismiss Social Casino Case With Section 230 Defense