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Plaintiffs suing Google over terrorist attack seek US high court review

( April 4, 2022, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs trying to hold Google liable for a death at the hands of a terrorist shooting in Paris, France asked the US Supreme Court to review their case. They argued that whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act applies to algorithm-generated recommendations is of enormous practical purposes. “In this case the defendants are alleged to have recommended that users view inflammatory videos created by ISIS, videos which played a key role in recruiting fighters to join ISIS in its subjugation of a large area of the Middle East, and to commit terrorist acts in their home countries. Application of section 230 to such recommendations removes all civil liability incentives for interactive computer services to eschew recommending such harmful materials, and denies redress to victims who could have shown that those recommendations had caused their injuries, or the deaths of their loved ones.”See document below. ...

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