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Gonzalez v. Google LLC and Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh

Platform liability & Section 230
Ruling issued
Decided May 18, 2023
AI system / company
Google/YouTube, Twitter, Meta/Facebook
Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Court / regulator
Supreme Court of the United States
Status
Ruling issued

What happened

Families of victims killed in ISIS attacks sued social media platforms under the Anti-Terrorism Act, alleging the platforms aided and abetted terrorism by hosting and algorithmically recommending ISIS content. In May 2023 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Twitter v. Taamneh that providing a generally available, algorithm-driven service does not amount to aiding and abetting terrorism, and consequently declined to reach the Section 230 question presented in Gonzalez v. Google.

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