The case is the court’s first look at Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, credited with helping create the modern internet.
The death of a Cal State Long Beach student, during the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, is at the center of the Supreme Court’sthat shields Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites.
Lower courts have broadly interpreted the law to protect the industry, which the companies and their allies say has fueled the meteoric growth of the internet and encouraged the removal of harmful content. Any narrowing of their immunity could have dramatic consequences that could affect every corner of the internet because websites use algorithms to sort and filter a mountain of data.
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