Child Pornography Case Against Twitter Meets Skeptical Judges

A lawsuit by victims of child pornography who alleged Twitter Inc. knew sexual abuse content was on its platform but failed to take it down met a three-judge panel at oral arguments Monday who appeared skeptical that it should be revived.

Case law in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit suggests that Twitter, now X Corp., can’t be held legally liable for simply “turning a blind eye” to child sexual abuse material on the platform, Judge Gabriel P. Sanchez said.

The court held in 2022 that Reddit Inc. couldn’t be held liable under the federal Trafficking Victims ...