On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google arguing that the tech giant should not be immune from suit for its own alleged conduct in recommending and/or suggesting terrorist content. Levin Papantonio Rafferty shareholder Kim Adams wrote an amicus brief for this case.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that regulates internet service providers. The section has been broadly interpreted to provide almost unlimited legal immunity from liability for internet service providers.
Adams’ amicus brief states the argument that Google-generated recommendations and should not be protected by Section 230.