Online Forums Not Places of Public Accommodation
"An online chat room may be open to the public, but it is not a place of public accommodation for purposes of federal civil rights claims, a federal judge has ruled. Saad Noah sued Internet giant AOL Time Warner Inc. for refusing to protect him from comments against his Islamic religion. A federal judge in Virginia dismissed the claim on May 15. Noah v. AOL Time Warner Inc., No. CIV.A. 02-1316-A (E.D. Va.)," the ABA Journal reports here.