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In one case, the court determined that a law permitting lawsuits for supporting terrorism did not extend to the routine operations of social media businesses. Technology platforms gained two triumphs on Thursday when the Supreme Court declined to hold them accountable for content posted by its users in two instances. In a case involving Google, the court for the time being rejected attempts to narrow the scope of the law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act,
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media becoming so pervasive in modern life, decisions could not decisively answer the important question of what accountability platforms should have for the content posted on and suggested by their websites. But the technology sector, which has long depicted the rule as essential to the development of the internet, applauded the court's decision to forego clarifying the scope of Section 230, which dates to 1996. "Companies, scholars, content creators, and civil society organizations who joined with us in this case will be reassured by this result," Halimah DeLaine Prado, Google's general counsel, said in a statement.
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in that the content transmitted by the accused was astounding. According to Justice Thomas' analysis, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, 510,000 Facebook comments are made, and 347,000 tweets are sent on a daily basis.
