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U.S. Court Declines to Hear Reddit Child Sex Abuse Case, Handing Big Tech a Win
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lawsuit attempting to hold Reddit liable for allegedly letting sexually explicit images of minors run amok on its site. Tuesday’s decision marks the third time in less than a month the court has danced around high-profile cases that could open Section 230 of…
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Supreme Court Justices Admit They Don’t Know Much About Social Media
U.S. Supreme Court justices may be many things, but they definitely aren’t social media experts. The justices roasted themselves during oral arguments Tuesday of a case against Google that could determine the fate of nearly all speech online. Tech companies and advocates fear a ruling against Google could fundamentally alter the way the internet works…
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Wikipedia Worries Its Volunteer Editors Could Be Liable to Lawsuits Without Section 230
Where does Wikipedia, the world’s most-visited repository of information on the internet, stand without guaranteed digital liability protections? It’s a question weighing heavy on the people who make up the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organisation that administers the site containing 58 million articles in multiple languages and sees more than 16 billion visits total each…
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Google Tells Supreme Court Upending Section 230 Would Break ‘Central Building Block’ of the Internet
In little more than a month’s time, the Alphabet-owned tech giant Google will soon be the main face of the entire tech industry defending how the internet currently exists, good and ill. The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear arguments that could completely redefine whether companies are liable for everything that gets uploaded to…