The US press thinks it is possible that the YouTube lawsuit will put the US Supreme Court in a position to rewrite the legal foundation of the Internet.
Are Internet platform providers legally responsible for the content posted on their platforms? This is the content related to the first time cases being handled by the US Supreme Court. The final decision of the US Supreme Court could significantly change the rules on the Internet today.
Section 230 of the US Communications Standards Act 1996 stipulates that companies like YouTube, Facebook or Twitter are not liable for content posted by users. This is considered a legal shield that protects companies that provide online platforms. However, the cases being heard by the US Supreme Court are now asking for a review of the rule under this section.
The family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American student who was killed in a terrorist attack by the Islamic State group in Paris, France in 2015 that killed 130 people, has sued YouTube. The victim said that YouTube, through computer algorithms, helped terrorists spread malicious content and recruit fighters, thereby violating the US Anti-Terrorism Law.
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According to CNN , the lawyer accused Google of being responsible for recommending YouTube videos created by terrorist groups. Justices of the US Supreme Court expressed concern about the unintended consequences of allowing someone to sue tech companies for their automated user content recommendations.
It is likely that this lawsuit will put the US Supreme Court in a position to rewrite the legal foundation of the Internet, because it is time for us to start thinking about how to make the Internet civilized. than.
CBSnews reported that, after hours of debate, the supreme judges all acknowledged the challenge of applying the law of 25 years ago. The Internet has grown tremendously, and sophisticated algorithms can guess what users are most interested in. Some fear that the decision to narrow the section 230 exemption could collapse the digital economy and turn the Internet upside down.
According to this newspaper, changing section 230 could lead to a series of lawsuits in the future, even seriously impacting freedom of expression and Internet content.
Lawmakers in the US fear the exemptions have helped spread advertising of harmful content to vulnerable groups like children. Some even argue that this right also allows companies like Google, Facebook, or Twitter to ignore the wide range of false and dangerous information that is appearing on the Internet.
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