Appeals Court Denies Safe Harbor for Roommates.com 253
Mariner writes "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Roommates.com Safe Harbor status under the Communications Decency Act in a lawsuit brought by the Fair Housing Councils of San Fernando Valley and San Diego. Roommates.com was accused of helping landlords discriminate against certain kinds of tenants due to a couple of questions on the Roommates.com registration form: gender and sexual orientation. 'Though it refused to rule on whether Roommates.com actually violated the Fair Housing Act, the Court did find that it lost Section 230 immunity because it required users to enter that information in order to proceed. As Judge Alex Kozinski put it in his opinion, "if it is responsible, in whole or in part, for creating or developing the information, it becomes a content provider and is not entitled to CDA immunity."'"
Look, I just wanted a normal male roommate (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Look, I just wanted a normal male roommate (Score:2, Funny)
We couldn't run an ad... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I don't know what the problem is... (Score:5, Funny)
I smell sitcom!
Re:It'll happen (Score:2, Funny)
There is a reason we do this, and it isn't fitness.
Re:Personal question, if you don't mind (Score:4, Funny)
(I think that might be the reason they started requiring gender in ads for roommates...)
Re:I don't know what the problem is... (Score:5, Funny)
WANTED..... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I don't know what the problem is... (Score:2, Funny)