So through this lawsuit, this family is attempting to do legally what many people wish they could do, which is hold an internet company responsible for the real world consequences of how ugly, online content can hurt people in the real world - in this case, through someone being killed. Now, there’s little direct proof that any actual terrorist looked at an actual particular video, but nonetheless, atmospherically, it is the case that YouTube posted some of these videos and served them up to you one after the other if you were interested. The lawsuit brought by Nohemi Gonzalez’s family sues YouTube, Google’s video service, on the theory that YouTube bore some responsibility for these attacks by hosting and posting videos that the family says helped inspire and radicalize the terrorists. And among those people was a young American student - a 23-year-old college student named Nohemi Gonzalez, and ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks. So the case is called Gonzalez versus Google, and it arises from a terrible terrorist attack in Paris in November of 2015 where more than 100 people were killed, including at the Bataclan Concert Hall.

My colleague, Adam Liptak, was in the room.Īdam, tell us about this big case that was argued before the Supreme Court just a few days ago. This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could take that shield away. Today - the modern internet has been defined by a sweeping legal shield created by Congress. michael barbaroįrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Transcript A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It The Supreme Court is reviewing a legal shield that tech companies have long relied on to avoid liability for content on their platforms.

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