Craigslist is not liable

Many of you will be interested in this story. It’s a good short Sunday read. M

TEL AVIV
(MarketWatch) – A federal appeals court in Chicago affirmed a ruling
that the online bulletin board Craigslist isn’t liable for posting
housing ads that violate anti-discrimination laws.

But the appeals court said, citing the Communications Decency Act of
1996, that Craigslist was not the publisher or speaker of the ads and
could not be held responsible for the content….[see the rest of the story here]

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