Section 230 Good Samaritan Provision Immunizes Party Attempting to Filter SPAM
From Professor Geist at BNA Internet Law News, "BNA’s E-commerce and Law Report reports that a federal court in Illinois has ruled that the immunity provisions of the Communications Decency Act will shield an Internet service provider from liability for suspected spam e-mails blocked in good faith, irrespective of those e-mails' potential CAN-SPAM compliance. The court said that an ISP blocking all e-mail from a prolific marketer fell within the "good samaritan" provision of the Communications Decency Act's intended immunity. Case name is e360 Insight LLC v. Comcast Corp."
Cases like this should allow ISPs and other providers additional leeway to provide broad filters of unwanted content. It will be interesting, however, to see if decisions like this lead to blockage of more legitimate content.
