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A federal judge in Camden has dismissed a suit against social media application Grindr by a man facing jail time for a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old he met through the site.

Grindr is shielded from liability under the Communications Decency Act because the act’s “Good Samaritan” clause provides that the application shall not be considered the publisher of any information provided by another party, Chief U.S. District Judge Jerome Simandle of the District of New Jersey said in the March 13 ruling. As such, interactive computer service providers cannot be held liable for publishing harmful information that is generated by a third party, Simandle said.