The Supreme Court rejected an effort to hold Twitter and other platforms responsible for “aiding and abetting” terrorism because the extremist groups posted fund-raising and recruiting content on their platforms. The judges, though, sidestepped a ruling on Section 230, the provision of a 1996…

The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing a case that could reshape the internet, considered on Tuesday whether Google bears liability for user-generated content when its algorithms recommend videos to users. In the case, Gonzalez vs, Google, the family of a terrorist attack victim contends that YouTube…

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 shield law, known as Section 230, is facing a showdown after the Supreme Court agreed this month to hear…

The Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to the broad liability protections enjoyed by Google, Facebook and other social media companies for the third party content posted on their platforms. More specifically, the high court will examine whether tech platforms are protected when their…

The Supreme Court blocked a Texas law that prohibited major social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube from restricting content based on viewpoint. The law was championed by the Gov. Greg Abbott, as a response to alleged bias by major platforms against conservatives. But in a 5-4 decision (read it <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a720_6536.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…

Republicans and Democrats talked over each other at the latest Congressional hearing over whether and how to yank legal immunity from social media tech giants, all of them mad but unlikely to agree on specific legislation. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (of the Committee on Energy and Commerce)…

A group of House Democrats plan to introduce legislation that will remove some of the liability protections for tech platforms, on the heels of a Facebook whistleblower’s testimony last week that was highly critical of the social giant’s practices. The new legislation would target Section 230, a provision of a…

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the social media giant is taking steps to reduce the amount of political content on its platforms and in its news feeds to channel users to more "healthy communities.” "What we are hearing is that people don't want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our…

UPDATED, 2:03 PM: The Senate today followed the House of Representatives in overriding Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, giving the outgoing president a bipartisan New Year’s rebuke. Following the House’s Monday vote, the Upper Chamber voted 81-13 to override the veto, with far more…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a bill that ties $2,000-per-person Covid-19 relief checks to a repeal of Section 230, the provision of a 1996 law that protects social media platforms from liability for the way that they moderate third party content. In doing so, McConnell has likely added…

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Nathan Simington to fill a slot on the FCC cleared the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday. If Simington is approved by the full Senate, Republicans and Democrats each would have two seats on the FCC, setting up a deadlock in the early days of Joe Biden’s administration…

President Donald Trump threatened to repeal a major defense funding bill unless it includes a repeal of a key law that provides liability protections for tech platforms for the way that they moderate content. Trump tweeted late on Tuesday, “Section 230, which is a liability shielding gift from the U.S. to ‘Big…