US Supreme Court lets Twitter off hook in terrorism lawsuit over Istanbul massacre – Reuters

May 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to clear a path for victims of attacks by militant organizations to hold social media companies liable under an anti-terrorism law for failing to stop the groups from using their platforms, handing a victory to Twitter Inc.The court in a separate case involving Google LLC sidestepped a bid to weaken legal protections for internet firms.The justices in a 9-0 decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that had revived a lawsuit against Twitter by the American relatives of Nawras Alassaf, a Jordanian man killed in a 2017 attack during New Year’s celebration in a Istanbul nightclub claimed by the Islamic State militant group.The case was one of two that the Supreme Court weighed in its current term aimed at holding internet companies accountable for contentious content posted by users – an issue of growing concern for the public and U.S. lawmakers.The justices on Thursday, in a similar case against Google LLC-owned YouTube, part of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), sidestepped making a ruling on a bid to narrow a federal law protecting internet companies from lawsuits for content posted by their users – called Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.The justices
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