Lawyer Fights Section 230 of Communications Decency Act in Sex-Trafficking Cases

Annie McAdams, a personal-injury lawyer in Houston, is waging a legal assault against Facebook and other tech companies, accusing them of facilitating the sex trafficking of minors. In a series of lawsuits in California, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, she is using a novel argument to challenge Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and finding some early success.

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