The complaint says out loud what most cases like it only imply. It exists, its authors write, to challenge how Discord and Meta misuse “section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a shield against accountability”.

That single sentence explains the whole filing.

A California woman, suing as Jane Doe, filed in San Francisco Superior Court on 16 April. The case was first reported by Business Insider. The 57-page complaint names Discord and Meta and runs to six causes of action.

Not one of them is defamation, or publication, or anything resembling a claim about content.

Why the causes of action matter more than the headline