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10th Circuit agrees marketplace app not liable for Aurora couple’s murder
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Thursday that the company behind an online marketplace app that connected an Aurora couple to the man who murdered them cannot be held liable for its own alleged role in placing them in harm’s way. Joseph and Jossline Roland met up with Kyree Brown to purchase…
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Federal judge declines to block Facebook from showing Loveland man ‘pornographic ads’
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A federal judge last week declined a Loveland man’s request to block Facebook from showing him advertisements he deemed pornographic, and which left him feeling traumatized and sexually harassed. Alfred P. Reaud filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Meta Platforms, Inc., which owns Facebook. Reaud documented 93 “unwanted gross and offensive pornographic ads” he…
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App company cannot be held liable for murders of 2 users, judge finds
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A federal judge ruled on Monday that the five orphaned children of an Aurora couple cannot sue an online marketplace app after one of its users murdered their parents during an intended transaction. In August, an Arapahoe County jury convicted Kyree Brown of killing Joseph and Jossline Roland in August 2020. The husband and wife…
