The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a claim against Facebook for refusing to remove private images and videos of the applicant posted by an unknown third party. The applicant, Franco Caraccioli, claimed that Facebook was in violation of a number of California state laws. The Court reasoned that all Caraccioli's claims were based on the fact that Facebook was a "republisher" of material posted by a third party and that the claims were, therefore barred by § 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act ("CDA") which provides immunity from liability for providers and users of an "interactive computer service" who publish information provided by others. Further, Facebook did not become the information content provider and therefore subject to liability under the CDA by "merely" reviewing and refusing to remove the questionable material.