A Historic case in the US Supreme Court Against the Social Media Over Incitement to Terrorism

In response to the Palestinian 2015 knife Intifada, Shurat HaDin launched a legal campaign against the social media platforms that aided and abetted the terrorists. Palestinian terror groups called for murders, raised money, and glorified their violence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Innocent Israelis were killed as a result of this online incitement. Social media companies have continuously claimed that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act absolves them from being considered the publishers of what is featured on their sites since the material is posted by third-party users. This fall, though, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in Gonzalez v. Google, our landmark legal action against the California-based social media giants. The case has the potential to finally change the archaic internet laws that have allowed incitement, violence, and hate to be promoted online.