--- title: Discord and Meta sued as products, not as publishers description: A California woman suing as Jane Doe has filed a 57-page complaint against Discord and Meta in San Francisco Superior Court, deliberately avoiding Section 230... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/discord-and-meta-sued-as-products-not-as-publishers-s9rj3na8k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Discord and Meta sued as products, not as publishers | daily.dev og:description: A California woman suing as Jane Doe has filed a 57-page complaint against Discord and Meta in San Francisco Superior Court, deliberately avoiding Section 230... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/discord-and-meta-sued-as-products-not-as-publishers-s9rj3na8k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/S9Rj3NA8k.png og:image:alt: Discord and Meta sued as products, not as publishers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Discord and Meta sued as products, not as publishers **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A California woman suing as Jane Doe has filed a 57-page complaint against Discord and Meta in San Francisco Superior Court, deliberately avoiding Section 230 immunity by framing claims as product liability and negligence rather than content-based suits. The complaint targets specific design choices — Discord's anonymity features, lack of age verification, and adult-to-minor messaging — alleging these were kept in place to protect frictionless user growth. Against Meta, it alleges Instagram was built with no age gates and used algorithmic recommendations to cluster children where predators could find them. The plaintiff describes years of exploitation by members of groups including 764, classified by the FBI as domestic terrorism. The legal strategy mirrors a New Mexico case where a jury found Meta liable on 75,000 counts of unfair practices and awarded $375 million. Discord is seeking dismissal on Section 230 grounds; Meta wants the case folded into existing addiction litigation. The outcome could narrow Section 230's scope if courts agree that design decisions — not editorial choices — fall outside its protection. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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