Legal protections that shield internet platforms from being sued for alleged harmful content posted by third parties could be affected by the Supreme Court in an upcoming hearing. The federal shiel…
also are under separate legal challenges that could rise to the Supreme Court.
The Big Tech industry argues that a platform’s First Amendment rights would be violated if they were forced to tighten regulations by being defined as “common carriers.” If the protections afforded by Section 230 are weakened, the tech companies that use algorithms to push content to readers could be severely hampered. Opponents argue that the tech firms have too much power to control what people see and read.
“This is going to be the most important [Supreme Court] term ever for the internet,” said Alan Rozenshtein, a former Justice Department cybersecurity official who is now a University of Minnesota law professor, said to the WSJ. “It’s not even close.”
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