Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Internet Companies and Speech Moderation Online.

The US Supreme Court has upheld legal protections for internet and social media companies, refusing to weaken Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that safeguards internet companies from lawsuits for content posted by users. The court also shielded Twitter from litigation seeking to apply the Anti-Terrorism Act that enables Americans to recover damages related to "an act of international terrorism." Families of people killed by Islamist gunmen overseas had sued to try to hold internet companies liable because of the presence of militant groups on their platforms or for recommending their content.