Internet Law

Appeals Court Rules MySpace Not Liable for Teens’ Rapes

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Jul 2, 2009, 10:38 am CST

A California appeals court has ruled that MySpace isn’t liable for the rapes of teenage girls who were assaulted by men they had met on the social networking site.

The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled that MySpace is protected from liability by the federal Communications Decency… full story