Filtering Companies Can’t Be Sued By Blacklisted Firms, Court Rules : ‘The [Communications Decency Act] treats security software makers the same as internet service providers when they block material they find objectionable, granting them so-called “good Samaritan” immunity from civil lawsuits. Like an ISP, such companies provide an “interactive computer service” because they pull updates from a central server, the San Francisco-based appeals court said.’
(tags: us-law legal blacklists blocklists cda filtering spam zango kaspersky)