An Appeals Court Has Agreed to Review a Lower Court's Decision On A Civil Rights Case Challenging Big Tech's Section 230 Immunity
An appeals court has agreed to review a lower court's decision on a civil rights case challenging Big Tech's Section 230 immunity.
The civil rights case of Domen v. Vimeo is over Vimeo's termination of Church United's video streaming activities after it posted "videos of five men and women who left the gay lifestyle to pursue their Christian faith. Vimeo claimed that its terms of service bar streaming videos that promote sexual orientation change therapy," the Epoch Times reported.
Church United is a nonprofit with a vision "To change and shape the moral culture of our communities in California," according to its website. It "claims to have more than 750 pastors affiliated with its efforts to 'positively impact the political and moral cultures of their communities,' " according to the Epoch Times. Pastor Jim Domen leads Church United.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court for the Second Circuit in New York had upheld a federal district court's ruling on Friday that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act exempted Big Tech from civil liability. Following the panel's decision, the entire Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided to rehear the case...
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