Ohio Attorney General Says Google Not Protected By Section 230 In Antitrust Lawsuit
from the ah,-local-laws dept
Back in February, we highlighted a rather odd antitrust lawsuit brought against Google by a small company. Google had originally brought a lawsuit against the company in the Ohio state court system for failure to pay its advertising bills, and the company suddenly came back with a group of big name (expensive) lawyers (who just happen to have a connection with Microsoft), claiming antitrust violations against Google. Google filed to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that its protected in its actions under Section 230 -- and that this trumps any state laws. It appears that Ohio's Attorney General is siding with the local company. Eric Goldman points us to the news that the Attorney General is arguing that Section 230 does not apply here, saying that state laws trump Section 230 and that Google's reasoning for why Section 230 apply are flawed:Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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O. Hi. O.
Oh, and yes, I've lived there.
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not only did you manage to completely change the meaning of your rebuttal by making 'understand' plural, but the singular would have been some piss poor grammar as you need to pick a tense as stick with it. Maybe its good you didnt log in to claim that one.
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Ohio isn't that bad folks, and neither is this filing
ohh and just for fun, I know the jokes about wanting to get away are funny, but does your state have that many astronauts? => http://www.cracked.com/article_18421_6-insane-coincidences-you-wont-believe-actually-happened_p2.htm l
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That said, if the AG just said that, it probably would not be any sort of concern. What raises my eyebrows and concern of the state, is the indication that that section does not apply in Ohio. Now that the AG believes that Section 230 cannot be applied in the state, and if the courts agree, it opens up Ohio as the place to sue, potentially.
At least... that is what I see as the problem in the statements. (Not being a lawyer or anything.)
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