Two cases being heard by the US Supreme Court could change whether social media platforms and other online companies are shielded from liability for content posted by users.
One case revolves around the 2015 killing of an American college student during a 2015 Paris attack by the Islamic State group. Her family alleges You Tube video recommendations fueled terrorist actions. Another cases raises similar legal questions over an Islamic State attack on a Turkish night club and content recommendations by other platforms.
In the latest "What the Media?!!?" podcast, Megan Lynch talks with KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young.
Young points out, normally the Supreme Court will only step in if there's a dispute between lower courts. In these cases, the Supreme Court "bypassed that." He adds, "they didn't really say why explicitly, but I think the idea here is that social media has become so intertwined with our society that this issue needed to be resolved one way or the other without the normal years and years of delay that would accompany this type of litigation."
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