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Technology

Oct. 16, 2023

X asks for dismissal of child porn and sex trafficking claims

Twitter’s attorneys also argued it is shielded from liability because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and plaintiffs did not claim that the posters of the inappropriate content engaged in sex trafficking.

X Corp. is not allowing child pornography or benefiting from sex trafficking ventures, attorneys for the company formerly known as Twitter said in a motion to dismiss filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco.

Anonymous plaintiffs, represented by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, The Haba Law Firm PA and The Matiasic Firm PC, filed suit two years ago, claiming that Twitter failed to adequately police sexual content involvin...

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