EBay isn’t responsible for the sale of certain aftermarket emission defeat devices for vehicles and harmful chemicals because it’s protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal judge ruled.
The e-commerce giant is a publisher and doesn’t “materially contribute” to the products’ alleged unlawfulness, Judge Orelia E. Merchant said for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The Environmental Protection Agency sued eBay under the Clean Air Act, alleging it sold 343,011 high-emission car parts, which are created to bypass emissions controls, as well as more than 5,000 products containing methylene chloride for ...
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