The Supreme Court has thrown out a claim against Twitter under an anti-terrorism law after its algorithm recommended ISIS propaganda on the platform. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
under an anti-terrorism law after its algorithm recommended ISIS propaganda on its platform. More broadly, in a similar appeal against Google, the court passed on deciding the scope of legal protections for internet companies in a case that had huge implications for how the internet functions.
The decades-old law has been crucial to the creation and functioning of the modern internet but has come under scrutiny for leaving so-called Big Tech companies immune from liability. That led to concern in Gonzalez v. Google that the justices could upend those liability protections and thus the internet itself. Specifically, the issue was whether Section 230 protects internet platforms from lawsuits stemming from their algorithms.
The family of Nohemi Gonzalez sued Google after the American was killed in a 2015 ISIS attack in Paris. Her family sued under the Antiterrorism Act, alleging the company aided and abetted terrorism in recommending ISIS videos on YouTube and thus helping the terror group recruit members, plan attacks and instill fear., it didn't sound like the justices were interested in upending Section 230 immunity.
, could scuttle the Google case. That's because a ruling that the companies aren't liable under the terrorism law would mean the justices wouldn't have to reach the broader Section 230 immunity issue.
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