US Supreme Court holds Twitter, Facebook, Google not liable for ‘terrorist’ attacks stemming from user posts

The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter, Facebook and Google on Wednesday, saying the social media giants could not be held liable by victims of terrorist attacks for postings that endorsed the Islamic State group.

The court ruled that the platforms did not “aid and abet” IS terror attacks by hosting postings supportive of the extremist group.

“The fact that some bad actors took advantage of these platforms is insufficient to state a claim that defendants knowingly gave substantial assistance and thereby aided and abetted those wrongdoers’ acts,” the court said.