The Supreme Court decision on the issue of free speech and an open internet was closely watched by advocates for these issues. Gonzales v. Google, a case which gave the Court a shot at weighing in on a controversial section of law known as Section 230. Now that ruling is here—and it’s good news for civil libertarians concerned about Section 230’s fate.
Section 230 is sometimes called “the internet’s First Amendment” because it protects interactive computer services from liability in relation to user speech. Recent years have seen it under constant attack from politicians and advocates of both the right and left. Section 230 critics want to allow individuals and states to file civil lawsuits against tech companies to recover damages for all types of harms caused by user-generated content. It is obvious that doing so would seriously undermine the incentives and protections of free speech online.
The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us Gonzales v. Google, YouTube’s parent company Google and the family of the young American woman who died in an attack by the Islamic State in Paris were accused of aiding and abet terrorists. YouTube had allowed and recommended videos of the Islamic State and YouTube even encouraged them to be posted. Google…
