How Section 230 helped shape speech on the Internet
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Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today.A case the U.S. Supreme Court heard Tuesday, Gonzalez v. Google, challenges this law — namely whether tech companies are liable for the material posted on their platforms. Justices will decide whether the family of an American college student killed in a terror attack in Paris can sue Google, which owns YouTube, over claims that the video platform's recommendation algorithm helped extremists spread their message. They seemed unlikely to side with the family, but indicated they are wary of Google's claims that the law gives it and other companies immunity from lawsuits.A second case being heard Wednesday, Twitter v....