Supreme Court sidesteps decision on social media liability shield
TL;DR
The Supreme Court declined to address the legal liability shield that protects tech platforms from being held responsible for their users' posts, leaving in place a broad liability shield that protects companies like Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Google's YouTube and Twitter from being held liable for their users' speech on their platforms. The court said it made that decision because the complaint "appears to state little, if any, plausible claim for relief."
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