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In 2007 in the country of portugal. her parents agreed to a dna test for that. high winds, heavy snow slamming the west. massive winter storm moving across the u.s. northern states expecting blizzard conditions and in the midwest and northeast getting ready for what could be a lot of ice coming their way. more on that story throughout the hour on this wednesday morning. dana. >> dana: first big tech on trial. the u.s. supreme court today hearing a case against twitter claiming the online platform was aiding and abetting terrorism by allowing isis to post content online. a big case and we'll fo...

Censorship. so it is a rather odd case for the usual parties in these disputes between these companies and the free speech community which i often associate with. >> bill: another case being heard that involves twitter, a 2017 case where isis led an attack in 2017 and this individual was killed and they will hear that today. i don't know if section 230 is applied the same way they argued yesterday. one of the justices said yesterday if we remove second than 230 there could be an avalanche of lawsuits against these companies? is that a reason to keep it in place and kick it to congress? >> it i...

Sell fentanyl for cheap and mix it with other drugs making a product even more potent. >> you think about the drug dealer. they want to get the product better than the one sold by the other person. >> over 106,000 people died of a drug overdose in the u.s. in 2021. >> dana: alarming statistics. thank you. >> bill: to these fascinating stories before the u.s. supreme court this week. they are hearing a case whether or not tech companies like google and twitter can be held liable for hosting content posted by isis among others. the case has broad implications for protected speech on social media...

The second big case involving big tech before the court this week. family of a man killed in an isis attack in turkey in 2017 sued twitter, google and facebook arguing the platforms posted terrorist videos on their sites helping to spread propaganda. justices must decide how much responsibility if any social media company should bear for the content posted online. yesterday's case focused on section 230 of the 1996 communications decency act which shields social media companies or gives those companies immunity from lawsuits based on what is posted and shared on third party web sights and plat...

Were trying to get the younger lawyers to set their vcr. there is obviously a lot of technical aspects to how these algorithms work. in some degree i think the court was inclined to support the companies because this is something that congress should look at as opposed to nine justices who have fleeting knowledge of the internet. the problem for the free speech community is that we're not used to supporting these companies. these companies have an awful record of censorship. and many of us have called for congress to tweak section 230. if they want immunity under this law they have to stop bei...