The Supreme Court is deciding the future of the internet, and it acted like it
Posted on AllSides February 21st, 2023
From The Left
ANALYSIS
“We’re a court. We really don’t know about these things. These are not the nine greatest experts on the internet.”
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan made the wryly self-deprecating comment early in oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google, a potential landmark case covering Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The remark was a nod to many people’s worst fears about the case. Gonzalez could unwind core legal protections for the internet, and it will be decided by a court that’s shown an appetite for overturning legal precedent and reexamining long-standing speech law....