CCIA organized powerful amicus briefs in both #GonzalezvGoogle & #TwittervTaamneh, two watershed Supreme Court #internet cases decided yesterday in favor of free expression online.

Check out CCIA’s briefs here:

Gonzalez v. Google: https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-et-al-supreme-court-amicus-brief-in-gonzalez-v-google/
Twitter v. Taamneh: https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-et-al-supreme-court-amicus-brief-in-twitter-v-taamneh/

CCIA et al Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Gonzalez v. Google - CCIA

CCIA
Dozens of orgs representing libraries, creators, & small businesses filed in landmark #internet cases #GonzalezvGoogle & #TwittervTaamneh asking #SCOTUS to protect websites from liability for 3rd-party content. Yesterday’s decisions were a win for #internet advocates everywhere.
Today, the Supreme Court issued decisions reinforcing the protection of free expression online. Decisions in #TwittervTaamneh & #GonzalezvGoogle represent a vital win for the #internet, its users, & the multi-trillion dollar #digital economy it supports.

In key wins for creators, #internet users, & #digital services hosting 3rd-party content, the Supreme Court today declined to hold websites liable for user-generated content.

CCIA is encouraged by the Court’s decisions in #TwittervTaamneh & #GonzalezvGoogle and is confident that these decisions will help settle this crucial aspect of #digital policy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/us/politics/supreme-court-google-twitter-230.html

Supreme Court Sidesteps Ruling on Scope of Section 230

The justices ruled in one case that a law allowing suits for aiding terrorism did not apply to the ordinary activities of social media companies.

The New York Times
"We therefore decline to address the application of Section §230 to a complaint that appears to state little, if any, plausible claim for relief,” #SCOTUS #Section230 #GonzalezVGoogle https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4010347-supreme-court-punts-ruling-on-breadth-of-tech-companies-liability-shields/
Supreme Court hands Twitter, Google wins in internet liability cases

The Supreme Court on Thursday punted the issue of determining when internet companies are protected under a controversial liability shield, instead resolving the case on other grounds. The justices were considering two lawsuits in which families of terrorist attack victims said Google and Twitter should be held liable for aiding and abetting ISIS, leading to…

The Hill
Before today's @JudiciaryDems subcommittee hearing on #Section230 and #GonzalezVGoogle, read @CCIAnet president @MSchruers' post detailing the history and importance of 230
https://www.project-disco.org/competition/020623-supreme-court-to-hear-first-ever-section-230-case/
Supreme Court to Hear First Ever Section 230 Case - Disruptive Competition Project

A generation after a law that made online commentary possible, long-standing rules of the road online have become a political football.

Disruptive Competition Project
In advance of today's @JudiciaryDems subcommittee hearing on #Section230 and #GonzalezVGoogle, read @CCIAnet director of research and economics Trevor Wagener's post outlining the economic distortions a ruling against Google in the case would create
https://buff.ly/41zjYWp
A Ruling Against Google in Gonzalez Could Create a "World of Lawsuits" and "Economic Dislocation" - Disruptive Competition Project

Without the longstanding interpretation of Section 230 as providing broad protections to digital intermediaries and their users, the digital economy, built on user interactions with an enormous variety of content, could not continue to exist. 

Disruptive Competition Project
Before today's @[email protected] subcommittee hearing on #Section230 and #GonzalezVGoogle, read @CCIAnet president @MSchruers' post explaining the history and importance of 230
https://www.project-disco.org/competition/020623-supreme-court-to-hear-first-ever-section-230-case/
Supreme Court to Hear First Ever Section 230 Case - Disruptive Competition Project

A generation after a law that made online commentary possible, long-standing rules of the road online have become a political football.

Disruptive Competition Project
Check out the newest post by @[email protected], A Ruling Against Google in Gonzalez Could Create a "World of Lawsuits" and "Economic Dislocation"
#Section230 #GonzalezvGoogle #DigitalEconomy
https://www.project-disco.org/competition/gonzalez-v-google-could-create-a-world-of-lawsuits-and-economic-dislocation/
A Ruling Against Google in Gonzalez Could Create a "World of Lawsuits" and "Economic Dislocation" - Disruptive Competition Project

Without the longstanding interpretation of Section 230 as providing broad protections to digital intermediaries and their users, the digital economy, built on user interactions with an enormous variety of content, could not continue to exist. 

Disruptive Competition Project
Knight Institute Sr. Counsel
Scott Wilkens joins other amici discussing the importance of #GonzalezvGoogle in @bkc Rebooting Social Media newsletter. Read his Q&A here: https://rebootingsocialmedia.org/2023/02/20/amici-blog-post/#knight
Friends of the Court: Gonzalez Amici Offer Their Perspectives – Institute for Rebooting Social Media