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Supreme Court Won’t Kneecap Section 230

Says no liability case had been made

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US Supreme Court shoots down cases on social media liability

Two court decisions represent a victory for internet companies facing scrutiny over user content on their platforms.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court sides with social media giants on liability laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court left untouched an internet immunity law known as Section 230 and sided with social media companies in decisions Thursday.

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SCOTUS, social media and the GOP

Republicans are obsessed with Section 230, the Magna Carta of the internet. They may be opening Pandora's box

Salon

Supreme Court unlikely to 'break the internet' over Google, Twitter cases -- rather, it is approaching with caution

“These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet,” noted Justice Elena Kagan – a reference to herself and fellow colleagues on the Supreme Court.

The Conversation

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

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…

Radio France Internationale

Supreme Court sounds wary of weakening internet's Section 230 to allow lawsuits against internet giants

WASHINGTON — Several Supreme Court justices said Tuesday they were wary of allowing lawsuits against YouTube and other social media firms over algorithms they use to direct users to related content — even if that encourages terrorists or promotes illegal conduct.

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No ideological splits, only worried justices as High Court hears Google case

At issue in the case is a 1996 law that shields internet platforms from being sued for material that appears on their sites.

WEKU

US Supreme Court treads carefully on landmark tech law

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case that could transform the internet by scrapping decades-old legal protections for tech companies, but gave no indication that a clear majority would opt to rework the law.

AFP

Supreme Court sounds wary of weakening Section 230 to allow lawsuits against internet giants

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court cautious during arguments on internet liability law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Tuesday to get ahead of Congress on a 1996 law on immunity for internet companies.

Roll Call

How a Supreme Court case against Google could upend the internet

The family of a 2015 terror attack victim will try to prove that YouTube’s algorithm aided Islamic State in spreading its propaganda, in a case that could transform the internet.

The Independent UK

Did YouTube algorithm spur ISIS killing? Supreme Court weighs Google’s liability in terror case over key internet law Section 230

ISIS victim Nehemi Gonzalez’s family says Google-owned YouTube aided and abetted the Islamic State group by recommending its videos to viewers most likely to be interested in them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court showdown for Google, Twitter and the social media world

At the center of two cases to be argued over two days is Section 230, which provides tech companies a legal shield over what users post online.

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How two supreme court battles could reshape the rules of the internet

Lawsuits brought by families of terrorist attack victims will consider whether companies are responsible for users’ content

AFP

Big Tech defends landmark law in US Supreme Court

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a landmark case that could transform the internet by scrapping decades-old legal protections for tech companies over harmful content on their platforms.

The Independent UK

High court takes 1st look at law that shields internet firms

The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court for first time casts doubt on Section 230, the legal shield for Big Tech

WASHINGTON — Internet giants like Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter owe much of their success to a legal shield erected by Congress in 1996.

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Fortune

YouTube’s new CEO is a friend of the crypto industry

YouTube's little known new boss is bullish on the opportunities that digital collectibles could offer to his platform's creators.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants

A lawsuit against YouTube from the family of an American college student who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris in 2015 is at the center of a closely watched Supreme Court case being argued Tuesday

AFP

US Supreme Court takes on immunity for tech giants

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court this week examines a quarter-century old law that has protected tech companies from lawsuits and prosecution for content posted by their users, with a chance that the rules governing the internet will no longer stand.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week about social media giants Google and Twitter in a pair of cases that could determine whether the justices effectively rewrite one of the central laws underpinning the modern internet before Congress does.

Fortune

The Supreme Court is about to hear case that could change the internet as we know it

A Supreme Court hearing next week could shine a light on how Congress could clamp down on tech, and the future of free speech online.

Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers take aim at social media role in youth fentanyl use and sex trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — How much responsibility do social media platforms bear when people use them to sell kids a deadly dose of fentanyl, pay teenagers to livestream strip teases or recruit minors who are sold for sex?

Roll Call

Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a pair of cases related to one of the central laws underpinning the modern internet.

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