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Of, they're necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- >> reporter: i think they argue that there's no such thing. that the algorithm does its work which is organize information and return information that you've requested. >> you can organize information algorithmically and not subject children to materials they don't want to hear. they hide behind section 230 to not make the kind of decisions that every other well-run mature company in america makes which is, gee, we could make this product, it would be a little bit mo...

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. they're arguing that these algorithms, that you say cause harm, that they should get rid of, they're necessary to organize and navigate the internet itself. >> there are good algorithms and there are bad algorithms -- there are safe algorithms -- >> reporter: i think they argue that there's no such thing. that the algorithm does its wo...

>> reporter: so your case doesn't rest on that alone? >> no, no. there's a reason why i brought tammy and other families there. it is going to matter. but i'm not going to give up. >> reporter: as for tammy's 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 tammy's claims which are fundamentally based on third-party content. for now, the case rolls on. it's been bundled together with several other similar lawsuits against the social media giants, many of them represented by berg...

Companies. >> let's 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. >> section 230 is a virtually complete shield of legal immunity that says you can't take action again...

Immunity that says you can't 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 disrupt the internet. >> reshape the internet as we know it. >> reporter: the court was being asked ...