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MySpace not liable for sexual assaults (access required)

Published: July 6, 2009

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Federal law immunizes MySpace from personal injury claims brought by teenage girls who were sexually assaulted by men they met through the social networking site, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming dismissals in four consolidated cases. The four suits each involved one or more teenage girls who were sexually assaulted by men they ...
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