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Of, theyre necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- >> reporter: i think they argue that theres no such thing. that the algorithm does its work which is organize information and return information that youve requested. >> you can organize information algorithmically and not subject children to materials they dont want to hear. they hide behind section 230 to not make the kind of decisions that every other well-run mature...

Accountable for. >> so meta, which is the parent company of facebook and instagram, they filed a brief in support of google, and the lawyers argue that so-called targeted recommendations reflect nothing more than how online services organize and display content. theyre arguing that these algorithms, that you say cause harm, that they should get rid of, theyre necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- there are safe algori...

>> reporter: so your case doesnt rest on that alone? >> no, no. theres a reason why i brought tammy and other families there. it is going to matter. but im not going to give up. >> reporter: as for tammys case, the defendants, meta, snap, tiktok and bytedance have filed to dismiss it citing section 230 of the communications decency act. their brief says it bars all of tammys claims which are fundamentally based on third-party content. for now, the case rolls on. its been bundled together with se...

Companies. >> lets all of us line up -- >> reporter: this attorney hired line holders so his clients could get inside to hear the arguments. >> tammy has been a hero. >> reporter: at issue, a 27-year-old law called section 230. >> it dates from a time when tech or the internet was nascent, vulnerable to action that could block it, shut it down entirely. >> reporter: courts have held that section 230 shields internet companies from most of the responsibility for what users post on their sites. >>...

Immunity that says you cant take action against a big tech company under almost all circumstances. >> reporter: the case was gonzalez v. google. the family of a young woman killed in the 2015 terrorist attack in paris alleges that google, owner of youtube, designed an algorithm that recommended isis videos to users effectively helping to spread their terror message. >> today, the supreme court is hearing a case that could profoundly change the way you and i use the internet -- >> fundamentally d...

Theres the court. were walking down -- lets see -- second and east capital. >> reporter: in february, the supreme court heard a case that would have a big impact on the fight being waged by people like see ceecee and candace and the people against the big social media companies. >> lets all of us line up -- >> reporter: this attorney hired line holders so his clients could get inside to hear the arguments. >> tammy has been a hero. >> reporter: at issue, a 27-year-old law called section 230. >> ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Friday that Facebook can be sued in court for allegedly violating civil rights law by discriminating on the basis of race and sex in its targeting of housing advertisements.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Friday that Facebook can be sued in court for allegedly violating civil rights law by discriminating on the basis of race and sex in its targeting of housing advertisements.

Did an AI write this?

A video of an asylum-seeker attacking children with a knife at a playground in France spread like wildfire across the internet last week. Twitter censors were quick to take down the video, which led conservative commentators to question Twitter owner Elon Musk’s commitment to “free speech absolutism.” But calling for the government to force open speech on social media platforms would crush business models and make advertisers flee in droves, reestablishing the supremacy of traditional, con...