<![CDATA[A lower court decided Apple, Google, and Facebook lose Section 230 immunity because they ran credit card transactions inside social casino apps.]]>A lower court decided Apple, Google, and Facebook lose Section 230 immunity because they ran credit card transactions inside social casino apps. Not because they built the apps. Not because they designed the gambling mechanics. Because they processed the payments.

Follow that logic downstream and Etsy is liable for a seller's counterfeit goods the moment a buyer checks out. Patreon is exposed the second a creator's content draws a lawsuit. Section 230 has kept smaller platforms alive since 1996 by separating the pipe from the content flowing through it. Courts inventing a payment-processing carve-out don't hurt Apple. Apple has lawyers. The platforms that get hurt are the ones that can't afford to fight.

EFF filed an amicus brief arguing the 9th Circuit should reverse the lower court, and they're right. Congress never drew a line between hosting content and processing payments for it. Judges shouldn't draw one now just because the content happens to be digital slot machines.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-9th-circuit-again-app-stores-shouldnt-be-liable-processing-payments-user

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