CHILD USA, together with experts Hillary Nappi, Esq. and Mary Liu, Esq. filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and seeking reversal of the District Court’s decision finding that Section 230 of the CDA barred Plaintiffs-Appellants’ beneficiary-liability sex trafficking claims,...
John Doe v. Snap, Inc. d/b/a Snapchat, L.L.C., d/b/a Snap, L.L.C.
CHILD USA together with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and the Kempe Foundation drafted this amicus brief in support of Petitioners and asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept certiorari so that it can define the proper scope of Section 230 immunity when social media platforms violate...
PAROLINE v. UNKNOWN AND U.S.
This amicus brief was written to support Plaintiff’s writ for mandamus, to receive restitution after Defendant pled guilty to possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of children. Issues include whether sexual abuse, its memorialization, distribution, and viewing are psychologically...
State of Nevada v. Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a Facebook, Inc.
CHILD USA, together with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation drafted this amicus brief in support of the State of Nevada’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and arguing that Meta is not entitled to immunity from liability for claims arising from their decision to default all messaging to...
Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC
CHILD USA filed this brief in support of petitioners' appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Here, CHILD USA argues that this Court should interpret Section 230 consistent with its text and child safety purpose to avoid further injustice and to give victims an avenue for meaningful...
M.H. & J.H. on behalf of their minor child, C.H. v. OMEGLE.COM LLC
CHILD USA, together with sexual violence and victim advocacy organizations and attorneys, filed this brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant and seeking reversal of the District Court decision granting Defendant, Omegle.com, immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act despite...
JANE DOES 1-6, ET. AL. v. REDDIT
In this brief, CHILD USA urges the Ninth Circuit to revive a class action lawsuit against the website Reddit for facilitating and profiting from child pornography posted on their platform after a court determined that Reddit was immune from liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency...
Spencer Elden v. Nirvana, L.L.C., et al.
CHILD USA filed this brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of plaintiff-appellant's appeal for reversal of the District Court's dismissal. Here, CHILD USA argues that the District Court's interpretation of Masha's Law is not consistent with the nature of the...
John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. Twitter Inc.
CHILD USA submitted this brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees arguing that Twitter knowingly operated as a distributor in the modern Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) marketplace and that they should not be immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230....