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FORCE v. FACEBOOK, INC.

No. 18-397 August Term, 2018.

934 F.3d 53 (2019)

Stuart FORCE, individually and as Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Taylor Force, Robbi Force, Kristin Ann Force, Abraham Ron Fraenkel, individually and as Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Yaakov Naftali Fraenkel, and as the natural and legal guardian of minor plaintiffs A.H.H.F., A.L.F., N.E.F, N.S.F., and S.R.F., A.H.H.F., A.L.F., N.E.F., N.S.F., S.R.F., Rachel Devora Sprecher Fraenkel, individually and as Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Yaakov Naftali Fraenkel and as the natural and legal guardian of minor plaintiffs A.H.H.F., A.L.F., N.E.F, N.S.F., and S.R.F., TZVI Amitay Fraenkel, Shmuel Elimelech Braun, individually and as Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Chaya Zissel Braun, Chana Braun, individually and as Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Chaya Zissel Braun, Shimshon Sam Halperin, Sara Halperin, Murray Braun, Esther Braun, Micah Lakin Avni, individually and as Joint Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Richard Lakin, Maya Lakin, individually and as Joint Administrator on behalf of the Estate of Richard Lakin, Menachem Mendel Rivkin, individually and as the natural and legal guardian of minor plaintiffs S.S.R., M.M.R., R.M.R., S.Z.R., Bracha Rivkin, individually and as the natural and legal guardian of minor plaintiffs S.S.R., M.M.R., R.M.R., and S.Z.R., S.S.R., M.M.R., R.M.R., S.Z.R., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FACEBOOK, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 31, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meir Katz , ( Robert J. Tolchin , on the brief), The Berkman Law Office, LLC, Brooklyn, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig S. Primis , ( K. Winn Allen , Matthew S. Brooker , on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Sophia Cope , David Greene , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, amicus curiae.

Before: Katzmann, Chief Judge, Droney, and Sullivan, Circuit Judges.

The principal question presented in this appeal is whether 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1), a provision enacted by the Communications Decency Act of 1996, shields Defendant-Appellee Facebook, Inc., from civil liability as to Plaintiffs-Appellants' federal anti-terrorism claims. Plaintiffs include the U.S. citizen victims, and relatives...

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