Child Porn Victims’ Case Against Reddit Declined by High Court

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a case brought by the victims of child pornography who claim that the social discussion forum Reddit Inc. hosted and benefited from sex trafficking.

Reddit, one of the most visited websites in the world, had succeeded in arguing that it had legal immunity from the victims’ lawsuit under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 internet law that is facing enormous political scrutiny and was already the subject of a different case before the Supreme Court.

The justices’ denial of review comes after it passed on addressing the scope ...