Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old California native and exchange student was murdered in the November 13, 2015, ISIS attack on Paris. The attack was facilitated by YouTube, which is owned by Google. The Islamic State terror group posted online videos to recruit new members, raise funds, glorify its violence, and disseminate operational orders on the streaming platform. YouTube’s algorithms highlighted and promoted the gory ISIS videos and earned Google millions in advertising profits. Shurat HaDin took Google to court. Google’s defense was that it was immune from legal action because of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a law that protects online media companies from responsibility for content posted by others. In October 2022, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear our case. In June 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a decision not to dismiss Gonzalez vs. Google based on Section 230, rather remanding the case back to the Court of Appeals, to allow the plaintiffs to prove their case. Our tireless pursuit of justice for the victims continues.
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