Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh

143 S.Ct. 1206 (2023)

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Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh

United States Supreme Court
143 S.Ct. 1206 (2023)

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Facts

Under § 2333(d)(2) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), an entity was civilly liable for aiding and abetting another in committing an act of international terrorism. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was a terrorist organization that used the social-media platforms Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter (the platforms) (defendants). Like the content uploaded by other users, ISIS’s uploaded content was filtered through the platforms’ recommendation algorithms. The algorithms identified users who were most likely to be interested in particular content and then recommended that content to those users. In 2017, ISIS carried out a terrorist attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. Thirty-nine people were killed, including Nawras Alassaf. Alassaf’s family members (plaintiffs) brought suit against the platforms under § 2333(d)(2), contending that the platforms aided and abetted ISIS in committing the Reina attack. However, Alassaf’s family members did not produce any evidence indicating that ISIS used the platforms to plan the Reina attack. The district court dismissed the suit, but the court of appeals reversed. The platforms appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

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Holding and Reasoning (Thomas, J.)

Concurrence (Jackson, J.)

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