Twitter was accused in the US Supreme Court Wednesday of closing its eyes to the Islamic State group as judges struggled to determine whether social media sites could be held liable for acts of terror.In a two-hour hearing, the nine justices of the top US court heard accusations that Twitter should be on the hook for “aiding and abetting” terrorism by failing to stop content created by extremist groups.”There is an allegation of willful blindness here … You knew that ISIS was using your platform,” said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, using an acronym for Islamic State while addressing the lawyer for Twitter, the defendant in the case.The case was brought by the family of a victim of a 2017 attack by the group, which is also known by the acronym IS, on an Istanbul nightclub.Also Read | US Supreme Court frustrated and wary over legal shield for tech companiesThe family allege that Twitter’s failure to take down and stop recommending IS tweets constituted aiding an act of terror.The hearing came a day after a similar case against YouTube was put to the same nine justices. That case involved a US victim of the 2015 Paris attacks, also claimed by the IS group.Twitter
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