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Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a statute passed when the Internet was in its relative infancy, gives broad immunity to online platforms, generally protecting them from lawsuits...
“The victims accuse the social media giants of knowingly providing services to groups like ISIS and Hezbollah.”
'The victims accuse the social media giants of knowingly providing services to groups like ISIS and Hezbollah.'
But other cases involving what's known as Section 230 may be brought later could result in adverse decisions down the line.
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered tech companies a reprieve Thursday by rejecting one lawsuit alleging social media platforms should be held liable for enabling a lethal attack on a Turkish nightclub and tossing another case back to a lower court.Those moves, coming three months after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases, preserve a law known as Section 230 that shields social media services from being held responsible for the material posted on their platforms.