The Taamneh and Gonzalez Rulings, Explained

Social media companies are not liable for ISIS attacks that victims’ families claimed resulted from algorithms promoting terrorist content on their platforms, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The justices declined to narrow Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the decades-old statue that shields internet companies from liability for third parties’ content. In Taamneh v. Twitter, the justices unanimously declined to hold Twitter liable for aiding and …