Section 230 immunity protected provider of ringless voicemail services to telemarketers

Defendant telecommunication services provider provided ringless voicemail services and VoIP services to telemarketers. These services enabled telemarketers to mass deliver prerecorded messages directly to recipients’ voicemail inboxes without causing the recipients’ phones to ring or giving recipients the opportunity to answer or block the call. The federal government sued a couple of telemarketers and defendant…