Estate of Bride v. YOLO Technologies, Inc. (9th Circuit opinion)
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In this published opinion (No. 23-55134), the Ninth Circuit ruled on a class-action suit brought by the Estate of Carson Bride, through administrator Kristin Bride, and several other minor plaintiffs against YOLO Technologies, Inc., maker of an anonymous-messaging app connected to Snapchat. The suit alleged that YOLO's public promises to unmask abusive users were false and that this misrepresentation was linked to harassment plaintiffs experienced on the app. A district court had dismissed the case under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the product-liability claims but reversed dismissal of the misrepresentation claims, holding that Section 230 does not immunize a company's own false statements about its safety practices. TechKids Foundation includes this entry as a documented legal outcome directly tied to Bride's advocacy, described here as a procedural ruling rather than a finding of fact about what caused any plaintiff's harm.
Estate of Carson Bride, by and through Kristin Bride, et al. v. YOLO Technologies, Inc., No. 23-55134 (9th Cir. Aug. 22, 2024).