Craigslist Fair Housing Act Suit Dismissed

tigersaw writes: A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed the suit brought by the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law against Craigslist, which accused the site of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by not actively filtering out housing advertisements which include discriminatory language. Craigslist cited their community-based flagging system as an already effective means of limiting such posts, however the court held that the site was nonetheless protected by the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA), which shields web forums from liability for ads and opinions posted by their users.