08/01/2025
The Haba Law Firm, along with co-counsel National Center on Sexual Exploitation and The Matiasic Firm, P.C. received a ruling (https://ends*xualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/Dkt.-Entry-51.1-Opinion-2025-08-01.pdf) today from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that our lawsuit on behalf of John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. X (formerly Twitter) can PROCEED to discovery for failing to report child s*xual abuse material (CSAM) on its site. This is a historic victory for CSAM and child exploitation survivors!
The ruling found that X does not have Section 230 immunity for certain products liability and negligence per se claims based on its abysmal child exploitation reporting mechanisms and X’s inexcusable failure to report John Doe #1’s and John Doe #2’s CSAM (“child po*******hy” under the law) when it had actual knowledge of this exact content on its platform.
"We are honored to stand with these brave survivors who have fought so hard - not only for themselves, but for all CSAM survivors." said Attorney Lisa Haba. "We look forward to beginning the next phase of this lawsuit."
The Haba Law Firm, The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center, and The Matiasic Firm represent two young boys whose child s*xual abuse material (child po*******hy) was posted on X without their knowledge or consent and then X refused to remove their CSAM. The lawsuit alleges that X knowingly profited from their s*xual abuse.
