Update on US Supreme Court Case Against Social Media - Nitsana Darshan Leitner

 

by Nitsana Darshan Leitner

They are calling it "the case that could bring Big Tech to its knees."

Hanukkah 2022   Dear Friends,  As we light the Hanukkah candles this week and prepare for the Christmas season, I'd like to provide you a quick update on Shurat HaDin's historic case against the social media giants. The lead case, Gonzalez v. Google, and its companion Twitter v. Taamneh, has the likelihood of America's highest court reinterpreting the internet law and greatly limiting the blanket immunity Big Tech has brandished in an unrestrained manner since 1996. Our litigation, on behalf of the terror victims, has the potential to finally compel the social media companies to rein in the terrorist incitement, extremist messaging and antisemitic hate that has been allowed to run wild of their platforms. More than 30 amici (friends of the court) briefs have been filed by a wide range of government agencies, elected officials and organizations, including the US government. This is a big deal!  The Supreme Court has set Tuesday, February 21, 2023 for the arguments in the Google/YouTube appeal and Wednesday, February 22, 2023 to hear the case involving Twitter.  In addition, Georgetown University's Supreme Court Institute will be conducting its prestigious "moot court" program in which mock court arguments of the social media cases are presented at the law school in DC before a panel of "judges" as a practice run the week before. The Gonzalez v. Google moot court will be held on Wednesday, February 15th and Twitter v. Taamneh will be on Friday, February 17th at Georgetown.  It's predicted that the litigation against social media and the far-reaching impact it will have on Section 230 will be the main cases decided in the United States this Supreme Court term. They are calling it "the case that could bring Big Tech to its knees." We are very excited about the proceedings and hard at work preparing.   This past week we traveled to Dallas to met with the parents of Nohemi Gonzalez, the Mexican-American art student  who was brutally murdered in the 2017 Paris terrorist attack perpetrated by ISIS. The Gonzalezes are the lead plaintiffs in the Google/YouTube case. We aimed to start to prepare the family for the proceedings and the media attention it will surely render.

With the parents of Nohemi Gonzalez this past week in Dallas.  Join Our Fight - Donate Now! As such, we wanted to thank you again for all your support and encouragement, and will update you as things develop.  Wishing you and your family a Happy and Safe Holiday,

Copyright © 2022 Shurat HaDin, All rights reserved. Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center B.S.R. Tower 3, 9 Metsada, Bnei Brak, 5126237, Israel Israel Phone: 972-3-7514175  |  US Phone: 845-709-8130   Fax: 972-3-7514174 info@israellawcenter.org http://www.israellawcenter.org

Nitsana Darshan Leitner

Source: https://my.israelgives.org/en/fundme/Fight_Terror

Follow Middle East and Terrorism on Twitter