The Supreme Court has asked some questions during arguments that suggest they may not understand the technology but I think there are a couple important points. Despite some occasionally confused sounding questions the court generally does a pretty good job by the end of the day when it puts out its opinions. The Tuesday case is all about the saying called section 230 which has been around since 1996 and basically shields social media companies other internet companies from liability because of posts put up by their users by third parties.
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