Should Section 230 Cover Algorithms? What’s at Stake in Gonzalez v. Google, With Ashley Johnson

Google doesn’t create terrorist propaganda videos, doesn’t allow
them on YouTube, and takes them down as fast as it can when
extremist groups post them anyway. But a question now before the
Supreme Court is whether Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act protects Google and other platform operators from
liability if their algorithms end up spreading harmful content.
To parse the potential ramifications, Rob and Jackie sat down
with Senior Policy Analyst Ashley Johnson, one of ITIF’s resident
experts on Internet policy issues such as privacy, security, and
platform regulation.
Mentioned

Robert D. Atkinson. “A Policymaker’s Guide to the
‘Techlash’—What It Is and Why It’s a Threat to Growth and
Progress” (ITIF, October 2019).

Related

Ashley Johnson, “If the Supreme Court Limits Section 230, It
Will Change the Way the Internet Functions” (ITIF, February
2023).

Ashley Johnson. “Section 230 Still Isn’t the Solution to
Conservative Claims of Social Media Censorship” (ITIF, December
2022).