Grindr User Asks Supreme Court to Hear App Harassment Case

A Grindr LLC user is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case in which lower courts have ruled the Communications Decency Act shields the company from liability for alleged harassment that occurred through the company’s dating app.

Matthew Herrick is petitioning the high court to review a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling tossing his allegations that the app lacked safety features to prevent fake profiles, and that it doesn’t warn users the app could be used to harass them.

The case gives the Supreme Court a chance to weigh in on the extent that ...