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Legal cases could end immunity of groups such as Google and Twitter for content posted on their sites
When the US Supreme Court considers on Friday whether to take up two cases of central importance to the social media world, it will cement its new role as a key arbiter over the future of online communications.
The cases concern controversial 2021 laws in Florida and Texas that were designed to limit internet companies’ ability to block content or users on their networks — something the states claim would prevent them “censoring” conservatives…
The first will come in late February with oral arguments in two cases that touch on a legal provision widely considered central to the development of the internet. Those cases mark the first time the justices have delved into section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996. The provision gives internet services immunity for content others post on their sites, while also giving them wide latitude to remove content they consider offensive.
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