Google, Facebook and Twitter cannot be prosecuted by victims of attacks who accuse them of having helped the Islamic State group. High court granted this major victory to the Silicon Valley giants without entering into the broader debate over the law that has protected them for a quarter century.
The high court "declines" the invitation to clarify the scope of "section 230", a law dating from 1996 that grants judicial immunity to digital companies for content posted on their platforms. But this provision is no longer a consensus: the left accuses social networks of hiding behind this immunity to allow racist and conspiracy messages to flourish.