US Supreme Court hears case brought by family of Paris attacks victim against YouTube

Beatriz Gonzalez, the mother of Nohemi Gonzalez, a student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks, and stepfather Jose Hernandez, outside the Supreme Court, 21 February 2023. © Alex Brandon/AP

The United States’ top court is considering whether tech companies can be held accountable for content posted by users, after a case brought by the family of an American woman killed in the 2015 Paris attacks, who argued that the terrorists had been recruited to the Islamic State armed group in part because of videos they were shown via YouTube’s algorithm.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear a case brought against Twitter by the American relatives of a Jordanian man killed in a massacre at a Turkish nightclub on 1 January 2017, who argue the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organisation, which claimed responsibility for the attack.