'Would Google Collapse And The Internet Be Destroyed?': Justice Samuel Alito Grills Google Lawyer On Section 230
Google via Flickr On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Gonzalez v. Google, which considers the responsibility of major social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for their most dangerous posts. Justice Samuel Alito questioned lawyers during the oral arguments, delving into the issue of how responsible Google should be for the content that is posted on their platforms. One of the main points of discussion during the oral arguments was the idea of YouTube labeling certain videos as the product of responsible news providers. Justice Alito raised the question of whether this would be considered Google's own content. The lawyers in the case responded that this would not be Google's own content, but rather the content of a third party being embedded on the platform. Another point of discussion during the oral arguments was the issue of how search algorithms work on YouTube and other search engines. The lawyers expla