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Families can sue app developer for breaking its anti-bullying pledge, says court


Yolo.

An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the anonymous messaging service Yolo, which allegedly broke a promise to unmask bullies on the app. But it determined the app can’t be held liable for alleged design defects that allowed harassment, letting a different part of that earlier ruling stand. Even so, letting users sue a company for not upholding its content policy could theoretically allow lawsuits against nearly any service that doesn’t practice(often impossibly) perfect moderation.

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