Social Media and the Law of Free Speech

In 20 12, an adult male sexual preditor used facebook to lure 15 year old jane do to a meeting, shortly after which she was repeatedly raped, beaten and trafficked for sex. Do eventually escaped and sued facebook in texas state court, alleging that facebook had violated texa's anti sex trafficking statute. Facebook petitioned the supreme court, texas supreme for a rid of mandamus, dismissing dose suit. The court held that a provision of the communications decency act, known as section two 30 bars dos common law claims, but not her statutory sex traffic claim.