Salesforce cannot lean on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—a go-to defense for technology companies—to shield itself from civil liability stemming from its work for defunct website Backpage.

In a 2-1 decision on Aug. 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court reversed an Illinois district court that had found Salesforce couldn’t be held liable for participant liability in a case brought on behalf G.G., who was trafficked on Backpage when she was 13-years old. In particular, the court’s majority held that G.G. and her mother were not required to show that Salesforce, which allegedly provided custom software to Backpage, specifically knew that the site was trafficking the plaintiff. To survive a motion to dismiss, she need only allege Salesforce knew that Backpage was a trafficking venture it was profiting from.

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