WASHINGTON — In its first case testing the federal law that’s credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in an ISIS terrorist attack.
But the justices also signaled during arguments lasting two and a half hours that they are wary of Google’s assertions that a 1996 law— Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — affords the tech giant, Twitter, Facebook and other companies far-reaching immunity from lawsuits over their targeted recommendations of videos, documents and other content.
