Section 230 liability protections on trial in Google Supreme Court case

The US Supreme Court today heard oral arguments from lawyers representing Google, the Department of Justice, and the family of a 23-year old woman killed in Paris by terrorists in 2015. The case, Gonzalez v. Google, represents a crucial legal landmark in how the US legal system holds large technology platforms like Google responsible for the content they host.

The family of Nohemi Gonzalez argues that Google acted as a recruiting platform for the Islamic State group, which the US State Department describes as a terrorist organization. By recommending Islamic State-related videos on YouTube, Google violated US laws against providing aid to terrorist groups, the family argues.

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