let s get down to business. america s supreme court is set to hear two cases back to back that could reshape the internet. the first is gonzalez vs google. the second case being heard on wednesday is twitter vs taamneh. both deal with whether tech platforms should have legal immunity for what their users choose to post. for more, here s our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. should tech companies be held liable for harmful content promoted by their algorithms? that is the question being put before america s top court. eight years ago, gonzalez, 23 year old exchange student was killed by ices gunmen in paris. the family in seeking justice for her death is targeting google s video platform, youtube, alleging that by distributing terrorist training videos on its side, the tech giant acted as a recruiting platform for isis, in violation of us laws about helping terrorists. at the centre of this landmark as is a federal court forged in the earliest days of today
let s get down to business. america s supreme court is set to hear two cases back to back that could reshape the internet. the first is gonzalez vs google. the second case being heard on wednesday is twitter vs taamneh. both deal with whether tech platforms should have legal immunity for what their users choose to post. for more, here s our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. should tech companies be held liable for harmful content promoted by their algorithms? that is the question being put before america s top court. eight years ago, gonzalez, 23 year old exchange student was killed by ices gunmen in paris. the family in seeking justice for her death is targeting google s video platform, youtube, alleging
that by distributing terrorist training videos on its side, the tech giant acted as a recruiting platform for isis, in violation of us laws about helping terrorists. at the centre of this landmark as is a federal court forged in the earliest days of today s jack johns. section 230 of the communications decency act which essentially stops companies like google and twitter from companies like google and twitterfrom being liable for things that users post on its side, it gives the company s platform rather than publish status. during tuesday s session, google oil is black argued the shield provided by section 230 was crucial to tech companies ability to provide useful and safe content to its users. the gonzalez family lawyer urged the court to narrow those protections. this is the us supreme court s first review of the law. after hearing the google case it will hearing the google case it will hear another evolving social media company twitter, section 230 has emerged as a political