{"id":6016,"date":"2022-03-07T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:11:22","slug":"justice-thomas-fires-a-shot-across-facebooks-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016","title":{"rendered":"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook’s Bow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Jane Doe<\/em> v. Facebook<\/em>, No. 21-459. Justice Thomas agreed<\/a>, but only for the time being.<\/p>\n

In 2012, an adult, male sexual predator used Facebook to lure 15-year-old Jane Doe to a meeting, shortly after which she was repeatedly raped, beaten, and trafficked for sex.Doe eventually escaped and sued Facebook in Texas state court, alleging that Facebook had violated Texas\u2019 anti-sex trafficking statute and committed various common-law offenses. Facebook petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus dismissing Doe\u2019s suit. The court held that a provision of the Communications Decency Act known as \u00a7230 bars Doe\u2019s common-law claims, but not her statutory sex-trafficking claim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The breadth of Section 230 is a matter of great controversy. Justice Thomas believes the Court should review the “expansive” interpretation prevailing in lower courts. Unfortunately for Jane Doe, the time is not yet ripe for the U.S. Supreme Court to take this particular case.<\/p>\n

The Court’s jurisdiction to review state court cases is more limited than its jurisdiction to review cases from the lower federal courts. Congress has limited it to review final judgments. This case is not yet final because part of Jane Doe’s suit can proceed.<\/p>\n

But in an appropriate case, we can expect Justice Thomas to be ready to rein in the expansive interpretation.<\/p>\n

Here, the Texas Supreme Court afforded publisher immunity even though Facebook allegedly \u201cknows its system facilitates human traffickers in identifying and cultivating victims,\u201d but has nonetheless \u201cfailed to take any reasonable steps to mitigate the use of Facebook by human traffickers\u201d because doing so would cost the company users\u2014and the advertising revenue those users generate….\u00a0 It is hard to see why the protection \u00a7230(c)(1) grants publishers against being held strictly liable for third parties\u2019 content should protect Facebook from liability for its own \u201cacts and omissions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other orders list [in]action, the Court turned down the Bill Cosby case, Pennsylvania<\/em> v. Cosby<\/em>, No. 21-793<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Jane Doe v. Facebook, No. 21-459. Justice Thomas agreed, but only for the time being. In 2012, an adult, male sexual predator used Facebook to lure 15-year-old Jane Doe to a meeting, shortly after which she was repeatedly raped, beaten, and trafficked for sex.Doe eventually escaped and sued Facebook in Texas state court, alleging that Facebook had violated Texas\u2019 anti-sex trafficking statute and committed various common-law offenses. Facebook petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus dismissing Doe\u2019s suit. The court held that a provision of the Communications Decency Act known as \u00a7230 bars Doe\u2019s common-law claims, but not her statutory sex-trafficking claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nJustice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Jane Doe v. Facebook, No. 21-459. Justice Thomas agreed, but only for the time being. In 2012, an adult, male sexual predator used Facebook to lure 15-year-old Jane Doe to a meeting, shortly after which she was repeatedly raped, beaten, and trafficked for sex.Doe eventually escaped and sued Facebook in Texas state court, alleging that Facebook had violated Texas\u2019 anti-sex trafficking statute and committed various common-law offenses. Facebook petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus dismissing Doe\u2019s suit. The court held that a provision of the Communications Decency Act known as \u00a7230 bars Doe\u2019s common-law claims, but not her statutory sex-trafficking claim.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T00:11:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kent Scheidegger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kent Scheidegger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016\",\"name\":\"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T00:11:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ab62da9ed4ddd3a58d70c77eef37356\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook’s Bow\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\",\"name\":\"Crime & Consequences\",\"description\":\"Crime and criminal law\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ab62da9ed4ddd3a58d70c77eef37356\",\"name\":\"Kent Scheidegger\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cjlf.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences","og_description":"The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Jane Doe v. Facebook, No. 21-459. Justice Thomas agreed, but only for the time being. In 2012, an adult, male sexual predator used Facebook to lure 15-year-old Jane Doe to a meeting, shortly after which she was repeatedly raped, beaten, and trafficked for sex.Doe eventually escaped and sued Facebook in Texas state court, alleging that Facebook had violated Texas\u2019 anti-sex trafficking statute and committed various common-law offenses. Facebook petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus dismissing Doe\u2019s suit. The court held that a provision of the Communications Decency Act known as \u00a7230 bars Doe\u2019s common-law claims, but not her statutory sex-trafficking claim.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016","og_site_name":"Crime & Consequences","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/","article_published_time":"2022-03-08T00:11:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kent Scheidegger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kent Scheidegger","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016","name":"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook's Bow - Crime & Consequences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-08T00:11:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ab62da9ed4ddd3a58d70c77eef37356"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=6016#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Justice Thomas Fires a Shot Across Facebook’s Bow"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/","name":"Crime & Consequences","description":"Crime and criminal law","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ab62da9ed4ddd3a58d70c77eef37356","name":"Kent Scheidegger","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cjlf.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6017,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions\/6017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}