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Supreme Court seems to favor tech giants in terror case

Attorney Ari Holtzblatt, with Wilmer Hale, the law firm representing Twitter, walks out of the Supreme Court building, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Washington, after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. The Supreme Court is weighing Wednesday whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Attorney Eric Schnapper, center, accompanied by attorney Keith Altman, left, and attorney Robert Tolchin, right, speaks to members of the media, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Washington, after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. The Supreme Court is weighing Wednesday whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Attorney Eric Schnapper, left, talks with Beatriz Gonzalez, right, the mother of 23-year-old Nohemi Gonzalez, a student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks, and stepfather Jose Hernandez, second from right, in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 in Washington, after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Twitter v. Taamneh today which will decide whether social media companies can be sued for aiding and abetting a specific act of international terrorism when the platforms have hosted user content that expresses general support for the group behind the violence without referring to the specific terrorist act in question. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Attorney Eric Schnapper, second from right, accompanied by from left, Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, attorney Keith Altman, Schnapper, and attorney Robert Tolchin, speaks to members of the media, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Washington, after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. The Supreme Court is weighing Wednesday whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Supreme Court seems to favor tech giants in terror case