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SCOTUS update: They decided they would not touch Section 230 (the law that protects websites/providers from being held liable for things users post on them)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728423/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-google-twitter-taamneh-ruling

It was an unsigned order, but it comes paired with (and explicitly references) a unanimous decision they also decided today where they found that Google, Facebook, and Twitter could not be held liable for "aiding and abetting" ISIS following an attack they carried out on the basis that they used the sites to recruit and spread propaganda (the plantiff argument being that the algorithm benefited them)

Very technically speaking, the order saying they aren't going to touch Section 230 seems more "We think they lost so badly in the above case that it isn't even worth bothering looking at 230 because it wouldn't change the result here" and not "We are affirmatively saying Section 230 is fine as is get this shit outta here." But given the 9-0 ruling in the other case it seems probable they would leave Section 230 alone even if they had taken it up. Still, better they don't try and prove me wrong.