Supreme Court set to hear Google case that could impact free speech online
Publishing timestamp: 2023-02-21 10:37:15
Summary
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that could alter the force of a key law that the tech industry says has been critical to keeping the internet open and free-flowing. The case, Gonzalez v. Google, is brought by the family of an American who died in a 2015 terrorist attack in Paris. The petitioners argue that Google and its subsidiary YouTube did not do enough to remove or stop promoting ISIS terrorist videos seeking to recruit members, which they argue is a violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The court will also hear a separate tech case that could have implications for how platforms promote and remove speech on their sites.
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