SuffolkLITLabTL;DR: The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that U.S. tech companies, like Cisco, must be held accountable in U.S. courts for aiding human rights abuses abroad. The Supreme Court is set to review a pivotal case that could establish corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/us-tech-companies-must-be-accountable-us-courts-facilitating-persecution-and-torture #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
US Tech Companies Must be Accountable in US Courts for Facilitating Persecution and Torture Abroad, EFF Urges US Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. technology companies should be legally accountable in U.S. courts for building tools that purposefully and actively facilitate human rights abuses by foreign governments, the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued in a brief filed Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief...