Supreme Court Considers Upending Legal Liability Rules for Online Platforms

The Supreme Court this week held oral arguments in a pair of cases that have tech companies, First Amendment advocates and digital rights-watchers on edge. On Tuesday it heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could redefine a decades-old law that protects online platforms from liability for third-party content they host. And on Wednesday it debated Twitter v. Taamneh, which asks whether the social media company violated an anti-terrorism law based on videos its algorithm promoted. We'll talk about how the justices appeared to be leaning and how they might rule.

Guests:

Sophia Cope, senior staff attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Daphne Keller, director, Program on Platform Regulation at the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford Law School

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