Google goes before the Supreme Court this week to defend what’s seen as a pillar of the online economy—one that is also blamed for a proliferation of harmful content
to defend what is widely regarded as a pillar of the online economy—and one that is also being blamed for a proliferation of harmful content.
, gives internet platforms legal immunity for almost all third-party content hosted on their sites. A decision to limit that immunity could scramble the business models of the internet’s biggest companies—especially social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Google’s YouTube that rely heavily on recommendation algorithms.
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