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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is stepping into a messy political fight next month over the meaning of a 26-word law that big tech firms describe as a linchpin of the modern internet but that critics say has led to the promotion of terrorism. A closely watched dispute between YouTube-owner Google and the family of an American killed in an Islamic State group attack in Paris in 2015 will put the court in the middle of a conflict about when internet companies may be successfully sued for… Source link

WASHINGTON – One of the biggest cases the Supreme Court will wrestle with this year deals with the scope of a controversial law that shields Big Tech companies like Google and Twitter from legal liability for most of the content users post on their sites.  Despite the significance of the issue – and a roiling debate over content moderation on social media – most of the justices will hear arguments in Gonzalez v. Google next month without ever having revealed their thoughts on the… Source link

Elon Musk said Google had a “standing interest in buying Tesla” in testimony in the securities fraud trial. The Tesla CEO said this helped encourage him to try to secure funds to take the EV maker private. According to a 2015 book, Musk and former Google CEO Larry Page had an $11 billion deal in place for Tesla.   … Source link

BENGALURU — India’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied Google’s plea to block an antitrust ruling that forces the U.S. company to change how it markets its Android platform in the country. The decision marks a blow for the Alphabet unit in the world’s No. 2 mobile market, where research firm Counterpoint estimates 95% of smartphones run on Android. Source link

Google has been dealt a significant blow in one of its key overseas markets. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block an antitrust order that requires the Android-maker to make a series of changes that could topple its financial viability. India’s apex court rejected to block the ruling against Google by the nation’s antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India. The court extended the deadline for enforcement of CCI’s order by one week,… Source link

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hold two days of hearings on a pair of cases that directly challenge the scope of Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that establishes the ground rules for regulating online speech. The cases will represent the first Supreme Court consideration of Section 230, and could lay the groundwork for a dramatic change in the way the internet is governed. Source link

Google argued that if the Supreme Court rules to scale back a liability shield for internet companies, the decision could lead to more censorship and hate speech online, according to a brief filed Thursday.  The filing showcases Google’s argument in a case facing the high court that centers around Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a controversial provision that protects companies from being sued over content posted by third parties.  “Gutting Section… Source link

CNN  —  An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically generated YouTube recommendations are exempt from Big… Source link

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Google filed a key defense brief Thursday in a Supreme Court case that could reshape the legal landscape for online publishers and services. Driving the news: Google told the court that tampering with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects firms from liability for content their users post, would “undercut a central building block of the internet.” Why it matters: Gonzalez v. Google, the case that the Supreme Court will hear next… Source link

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