SCOTUS Is Hearing Arguments Against Section 230. Everyone Else Is Hearing How Unprepared The Plaintiffs Are
Things are getting real!
You ever come across the thumbnail of a recommended video and ask yourself why and how something like that could even be on the platform? Well, the internet’s liability ward — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is in the hotseat. Oral arguments that will determine the fate of the protections started today; the outcome will impact major content hosting sites like YouTube, Twitch, and Google.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a major case that could weaken a legal shield that protects internet companies from a wide array of lawsuits in a dispute involving YouTube and the family of an American student fatally shot in a 2015 rampage by Islamist militants in Paris.
The justices were considering an appeal by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old student at California State University, Long Beach who was studying in France, of a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against Google LLC-owned YouTube. Google and YouTube are part of Alphabet Inc.
Put simply, it’s a high profile case and a bunch of people are giving their thoughts on the matter. Not all of them are flattering.
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Someone should have taken the time to behoove counsel to maybe be a little bit more familiar with the subject material before heading to the Highest Court:
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Day 1 or not, you should keep your ear to the ground for developments as time passes. The ruling could have unforeseen consequences for your late night doom scrolling:
We will be sure to keep you updated as the story develops. Hopefully the lawyers will be a little more prepared on Day 2.
U.S. Supreme Court Begins Hearing Challenge To Internet Firms’ Legal Shield [Reuters]
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