15 See also Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafﬁcking Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-

164, 132 Stat. 1253 (2018).

16 See, e.g., Zeran v. American Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 32 (4th Cir. 1997).
17 52 U.S.C. § 30121. See also, 11 CFR 110.20.
18 See Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.com, LLC, 817 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2016) (ads for prostitution);
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law v. Craigslist, 519 F.3d 666 (housing
ads violating the Fair Housing Act).

19 See Federal Trade Commission v. Accusearch, Inc., 570 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2009) (suits by an

agency to enforce federal law still subject to CDA 230 analysis).

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