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No one is above the law — except Big Tech under Section 230
The Hill, November 2, 2025
Carrie Goldberg
Check out Carrie’s op-ed in The Hill on how the US Supreme Court refused to hear our case John Doe v Grindr. The case would’ve been the first real test of big tech’s legal immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. SCOTUS’ decision not only closed the door on justice for our client – who at 15 years old was raped by four adult men he met through Grindr – but also guaranteed injustice and harm for millions more. We weren’t asking SCOTUS to erase Section 230 or erase online speech with this case – we were asking that the black letter law be followed.
At our firm, we have seen repeatedly with our cases against big tech that these companies are not going to regulate themselves. As Carrie writes, “unless the Supreme Court steps up, reform is a job for Congress.”
Section 230 protects platforms for their editorial decisions about how they moderate content, but not for their boardroom decisions about how their product functions. The code and design choices behind an app are no different from the engineering decisions behind a product. When those choices put people in danger, product liability law ought to provide a path to justice. — Carrie Goldberg
