Man Had Sex With 13 Year Old Through Grindr, Suing

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

 

“Fortunately, the district court in Friday’s Sapanaro v. Grindr (D.N.J. Mar. 13, 2015) says no; an excerpt (some paragraph breaks added): After Plaintiff William F. Saponaro, Jr. was arrested for engaging in a sexual encounter with a [13-year-old] minor who used Defendant Grindr, LLC’s online social networking service to arrange the encounter, he sued Defendant for negligence for allowing a minor child to access and utilize its social networking site…. Because Plaintiff’s claim is barred by … [the federal statute] 47 U.S.C. § 230, the Court will … dismiss this action…” *

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) discuss.

*Read more here http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/16/man-meets-13-year-old-boy-for-sex-via-grindr-is-prosecuted-sues-grindr-for-negligence/

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