Platform Immunity, Will It Survive?

Introduction

On February 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ("Supreme Court") heard the oral arguments in the case Gonzales v. Google. (the "Case"). The dispute leading to the Case was brought by Reynaldo Gonzalez, whose daughter, an exchange student, was killed in the ISIS terror attack in Paris in 2015, and who alleges that YouTube's algorithm aided in the attack by recommending ISIS recruitment videos to people who would be most susceptible to their message. As the dispute and subsequently the Case also concerns Communications Decency Act's Section 230, the outcome of the Case is reported to be capable of deciding the future of social media platforms worldwide.