Two lawsuits brought by families of terrorist attack victims will consider whether companies are responsible for users’ content
Both cases were brought forth by family members of terrorist attack victims who say social media firms are responsible for stoking violence with their algorithms., is expected to be heard on 21 February and will ask the highest US court to determine whether YouTube, the Google-owned video website, should be held responsible for recommending Islamic State terrorism videos. The second, which will be heard on 22 February, targets Twitter and Facebook in addition to Google with similar allegations.
While lawmakers across the aisle have pushed for reforms to the 27-year-old statute, contending companies should be held accountable for hosting harmful content, some civil liberties organizations as well as tech companies have warned changes to Section 230 could irreparably debilitate free-speech protections on the internet.
“The defendants are alleged to have recommended that users view inflammatory videos created by ISIS, videos which played a key role in recruiting fighters to join ISIS in its subjugation of a large area of the Middle East, and to commit terrorist acts in their home countries,”In the case of Twitter v Taameneh, family members of the victim of a 2017 terrorist attack allegedly carried out by IS charged that social media firms are to blame for the rise of extremism.
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