Businesses can’t sue Yelp to get defamatory reviews removed, California’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision overturns a lower court’s ruling against Yelp, affirming rules that shield internet platforms from legal liability over users’ posts.
Yesterday, the court handed down a decision on Hassell v. Bird, in which a law firm sued a disgruntled client for posting falsely negative reviews. Yelp wasn’t directly involved in the lawsuit, but when a court sided with the law firm, it included an order that made Yelp — in addition to the client — responsible for removing the offending reviews. Yelp argued that this order violated the broad protections granted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, but lower courts disagreed, saying...
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