Technology,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 23, 2021
Circuit judges in ISIS video case ask en banc review website immunity
Before the three-judge panel were three lawsuits alleging that Google, through YouTube, and Twitter and Facebook, through user-targeting algorithms, violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by providing international terrorists material support by allowing them to promote recruitment videos.
If Congress doesn't narrow Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act an en banc panel should, a partially dissenting judge said Tuesday after the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals found YouTube was not liable when its algorithms allegedly helped terrorists promote ISIS recruitment.
Before the three-judge panel were three lawsuits alleging that Google, through YouTube, and Twitter and Facebook, through user-targeting algorithms,...
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