Supreme Court protects social media companies from liability in terror-related content cases.

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of social media companies Twitter and Google in two separate cases brought by families of victims of terrorist attacks. The cases marked the first time the court considered the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from liability over content posted by third parties. The court unanimously ruled that the families failed to state a claim under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows US nationals injured in international acts of terrorism to sue for damages.