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Liability and free speech are conjoined at the hip in the United States, courtesy of Section 230.
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Product liability is a subdivision of tort law that allows for recovery for damages caused by the makers or distributors of a product. This case has nothing to do with Section 230, the plaintiff successfully argued that the product was defectively designed and caused harm to the plaintiff.

Section 230 immunity is not a shield against all liability, it's only a shield against hosting problematic user content.




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