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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Read the decision here. It’s really an excellent read, with a profound and progressive understanding of mental health. And it’s an important ruling that reminds us the law can and should evolve. www.cagoldberglaw.com/landmark-app...

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C. A. GOLDBERG, PLLC WINS LANDMARK 9-0 APPEAL IN AMAZON SUICIDE CASES - C.A. Goldberg

Washington Supreme Court (WASC) reaffirmed the law’s capacity to evolve in a historic 9-0 decision in cases against Amazon for selling suicide poison to the public.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

So our attorneys presented our case to WA Supreme Court in Sept 25. And today, we learned WASC unanimously sided with our clients. Our case proceeds. ⚖️

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our attorneys filed suit against Amazon in WA, where Amazon HQ is. For the past 5 yrs Amazon has argued it bears no responsibility for knowingly selling suicide position to the public Each of the 5 trial courts in WA sided with us, but Amazon filed appeal after appeal. They won an appeal in Nov 24

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

There’s no household use for this poison. Amazon knew vulnerable people were learning about the method from a suicide forum, & its algorithms suggested purchasers also buy anti-vomiting meds, a scale, a suicide instructional handbook. And they continued selling it for years.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our firm @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social won a landmark appeal (9-0!) in our cases against Amazon for promoting selling & home-delivering high purity sodium nitrite, a suicide poison, to the public. We’re bringing cases on behalf of the families of 28 people who lost their lives to SN bought on Amazon.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Haha makes sense for the time of year but Dec 17 specifically?? So odd Like am I uniquely inspired by #D17 International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers? Or is it being 2 weeks from end of the year? Or some combination of all of it lol

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My first post on here was exactly a year ago. And then I barely came back. What is it that brings me to Bluesky every December 17? Lol

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Match Group received MULTIPLE reports about Matthews' behavior. They knew he was using their apps, and in particular Hinge, to find his victims. Yet they continued to welcome Matthews on their apps, knowing their products were facilitating his rape spree.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The 1st report to Hinge we know of was Sep 2020 after a victim was drugged & assaulted by Matthews. 3 months later Hinge recommended Matthews' profile to this same woman. She reported it to Hinge again, & they said he was banned permanently. Yet she wasn't his 1st nor his last victim thru the apps.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Match Group knew since AT LEAST Sept 2020 about what Matthews was doing, but allowed him to continue using their apps until March 2023, when Matthews was arrested by Denver PD [after the first report to police.] He was later convicted of 35 counts related to drugging/assaults of 11 women.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Our firm @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social, along with our co-counsel, filed a lawsuit against Match Group yesterday on behalf of 6 Jane Does. Match Group knew that Stephen Matthews was using its apps, Hinge & Tinder, to drug and rape his victims. Now, Match Group has to answer its victims in court.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

With the ubiquity of social media, we're all at risk of being stalked, whether it's by someone we know personally, or by someone who's formed a complete parasocial relationship w/ us turned to obsession. New Yorkers deserve more. Over 20 orgs have signed on to support #CREEPAct

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If you're a New Yorker being stalked by a co-worker, friend, fan, stranger, etc. you currently do not qualify for a civil OP. You have to rely on law enforcement to make an arrest -- and we all know how that usually goes. #CREEPAct brings stalking laws up to date.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

NY is a national leader in having the WORST protections for victims of stalking. Did you know that NY is only 1 of 7 states in the US where to get a civil order of protection you MUST have an intimate/familial relationship with your stalker?? We MUST #PassCREEPAct now.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I get to do my dream job where no day is the same. Ive been given the opp to speak at the WH, dept of HHS, & more. I have the freedom to express who I am everyday. I’ve always been a “planner” but realized theres no way I ever could’ve planned this life. & today, I couldn’t picture it any other way

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

That was before I ever chose to do online SW. For me OF has been a form of reclamation. Something I thought wouldn’t be an option for me. But I decided I wasn’t going to let my trauma or societal expectations/judgments let me limit my options. Letting myself consider it made me know I wanted it.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

& thru both my work and personal life, meeting more SWs and realizing the obstacles they face in seeking help — & the ways stigmatization & criminalization makes them more vulnerable to violence — I realized I needed to learn, & to be more vocal in my support of SW rights.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Through my work, I’ve also seen the ways marginalized communities are often ignored & without access to help when they’re under attack. It’s important to me that I actively work towards building a world where ALL victims are listened to.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And in my convos with victims, it’s my aim to not just understand their problem but to help them envision a life beyond what they’re going through. That’s why I believe in pleasure activism and sex positivity. The shame that so many of us feel is so misplaced, when it should be on they who did it.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The survivors I meet with have had their lives uplifted or destroyed, whether it’s by an obsessed individual or by a tech company that facilitated the death of their loved one. In my day to day work, I am committed to understanding their situation so that we can hopefully get them justice.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’ve been sharing my story publicly for years. My lived experience has given me insight that has been vital to my work at our firm, and to contribute to larger convos about cultural shifts & legislation. But more than anything my work w/ survivors gives me perspective that I’m dedicated to uplifting

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Tho I lived in NJ, 1 of 3 states at the time w/ laws criminalizing “revenge porn” I was turned away by police. That’s how I met Carrie Goldberg, one of the only people talking publicly about & fighting this issue. She’d become my lawyer, mentor, and my boss.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’m also the host of Oral Arguments, a podcast about sex, tech, & victims rights. And I’m an OF creator. I got into this work because almost 10 years ago, at 19 I was the victim of stalking & image based sexual abuse at the hands of my ex of 2 years.

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Norma Buster @normabuster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Realized I habitually go to that other platform so let me introduce myself here 👋🏼 I’m a sex-positive victims rights advocate. As chief of staff at CA Goldberg, a victims rights law firm in Brooklyn, I’ve worked w/ thousands of victims of sex- and tech-facilitated abuse. 🧵 (do we do that here??)

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