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Supreme Court to hear case Google claims could ‘upend’ the internet

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

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Google Warns Pending Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the Internet

Google Warns Pending Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the Internet

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

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Google to SCOTUS: Liability for promoting terrorist videos will ruin the Internet

Google to SCOTUS: Liability for promoting terrorist videos will ruin the Internet

For years, YouTube has been accused of enabling terrorist recruitment. This allegedly happens when a user clicks on a terrorist video hosted on the platform, then spirals down a rabbit hole of extremist content automatically queued “up next” through YouTube’s recommendation engine. In 2016, the family of Nohemi Gonzalez—who was killed in a 2015 Paris terrorist attack after extremists allegedly relied… Source link

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Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse

Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse

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

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Google tells Supreme Court: Don’t undercut the internet

Google tells Supreme Court: Don’t undercut the internet

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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