A looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on a key internet liability law could upend the business landscape — not just for giant platforms but for small and mid-size firms that fear a massive upheaval.
The plaintiffs argue that Section 230's protection does not extend to algorithmically created recommendations, since YouTube plays a role in deciding which videos to recommend to users.
Google contends Section 230 protects YouTube's methods of organizing users' posts, and weakening the law would only make it harder to filter out terrorism content."Any site that hosts user-generated content should be scared," Josh Ackil, executive director of Internet Works, a coalition of small-and medium-sized tech companies, told Axios.
Weakening Section 230, Ackil said, will make companies take down more content and unleash a flurry of lawsuits. "Any increased activity in that space... is an undue burden on a smaller company, and something bigger companies will be better equipped to manage," he said.Pinterest: The platform is able to serve up relevant posts to users thanks to Section 230 protection, Braden Cox, head of U.S. public policy, told Axios. "If algorithmically presenting content to users could expose services to potential liability for unlawful content, they naturally would refrain from using those systems to present relevant content, depriving users of the positive experiences we all want and need.
vice president of legal, told Axios. "It would be an incredibly bad result if Section 230 was rolled back... especially for creators," he said.
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