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Lawsuit against Netflix for 13 Reasons Why is dismissed
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Netflix on Tuesday as the family of a teenage girl claim her 2017 suicide was prompted by watching 13 Reasons Why.
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A federal judge sided with Netflix on Tuesday after a family attempted to sue the company claiming their daughter killed herself after watching 13 Reasons Why
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, of the Northern District of California, based the ruling on free speech protections
John Herndon filed the lawsuit in August claiming that the controversial show prompted his 15-year-old daughter Bella to kill herself
A study found that an extra 195 deaths by suicide of those between the ages of 10 to 17 were reported in the nine months after 13 Reasons Why premiered
The plaintiffs now have until January 18 to file an amended complaint that would allow them to appeal the case
Ryan Hamilton, Herndon's lawyer, argued that the case isn't about the show's content but about Netflix's algorithm