Supreme Court shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content in win for social media companies who faced lawsuits over their accountability
The court also dismissed a closely watched case about social media content moderation in a case involving Google, skipping a decision that legal experts warned might have upended the broader internet. The rulings are wins for Twitter and other tech platforms that have faced a barrage of lawsuits from critics who allege they should be held legally responsible for societal harms, including terrorist attacks. The Twitter decision was unanimous and written by Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Twitter ruling a major defeat for tech critics who have said that social media platforms must be held accountable with the threat of more lawsuits. “We conclude,” Thomas wrote, “that plaintiffs’ allegations are insufficient to establish that these defendants aided and abetted ISIS in carrying out the relevant attack.
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