Posted on Feb 21, 2023
Supreme Court showdown for Google, Twitter and the social media world
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In November 2015, ISIS terrorists carried out coordinated attacks across Paris, killing 130 people and injuring 400. Among the dead was Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American studying abroad who was the first person in her large family to graduate from college. This week, lawyers for her family and others are in the Supreme Court challenging a law enacted more than a quarter century ago—a law that protects social media companies from what the families see as the role of internet companies in aiding and abetting terrorist attacks.
How the court rules could be a gamechanger for American law, society, and social media platforms that are some of the most valuable businesses in the world.
In November 2015, ISIS terrorists carried out coordinated attacks across Paris, killing 130 people and injuring 400. Among the dead was Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American studying abroad who was the first person in her large family to graduate from college. This week, lawyers for her family and others are in the Supreme Court challenging a law enacted more than a quarter century ago—a law that protects social media companies from what the families see as the role of internet companies in aiding and abetting terrorist attacks.
How the court rules could be a gamechanger for American law, society, and social media platforms that are some of the most valuable businesses in the world.
Supreme Court showdown for Google, Twitter and the social media world
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This is going to be one to watch. There's bipartisan agreement that "something" needs to be done, but what exactly needs to be done is not in agreement (otherwise Congress would have passed a bill already).
I think the author of the article summed it up nicely - "Congress had a really clear choice in its mind," he says. "Was the internet going to be like the broadcast media that were pretty highly regulated?" Or, was it going to be like "the town square or the printing press?"
I think the author of the article summed it up nicely - "Congress had a really clear choice in its mind," he says. "Was the internet going to be like the broadcast media that were pretty highly regulated?" Or, was it going to be like "the town square or the printing press?"
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I EXPERIENCED THE ATTACK ON HQ ON NATO. IT, Ramstein was locked down. I was in a Taxi. COL Randall C.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The attack at the heart of the arguments
This week's cases attempt to thread that needle. The Gonzalez family and the families of other terrorism victims are suing Google, Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act, which specifically allows civil damage claims for aiding and abetting terrorism. The families allege that the companies did more than simply provide platforms for communication. Rather, they contend, that by recommending ISIS videos to those who might be interested, they were seeking to get more viewers and increase their ad revenue."...
Watching it live... the Lawyer for the plaintiff is bombing BIG TIME.
..."The attack at the heart of the arguments
This week's cases attempt to thread that needle. The Gonzalez family and the families of other terrorism victims are suing Google, Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act, which specifically allows civil damage claims for aiding and abetting terrorism. The families allege that the companies did more than simply provide platforms for communication. Rather, they contend, that by recommending ISIS videos to those who might be interested, they were seeking to get more viewers and increase their ad revenue."...
Watching it live... the Lawyer for the plaintiff is bombing BIG TIME.
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TSA must be reigned in. Hurt my daughter, it's on. Chip you understand my daughter's kidnapping. !
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