US top court backs Big Tech over terror claims




Updated 2 days ago ·
Published on 19 May 2023 10:20AM ·





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The US Supreme Court has ruled that social media giants cannot be held liable by victims of terrorist attacks for posts that endorse the Islamic State group. – EPA pic, May 19, 2023.

THE US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter and Google yesterday, saying the social media giants could not be held liable by victims of terrorist attacks for posts that endorsed the Islamic State group.

Crucially, the cases that targeted Google-owned YouTube and Twitter were seen as potential challenges to decades-old legal protections for tech companies.  


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