The court is expectedto hear casesin the coming months that will examine the legal protections of social media companies.

Observers say the stakes couldn’t be higher for both users and the tech industry.

The family sued Google, which owns YouTube, for helping ISIS by hosting ISIS recruitment videos on YouTube.

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The current belief is that Section 230 protects Google against liability over the third-party posting of videos.

But Gonzalezs suit alleges that Google recommended ISIS videos to users.

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Ku, for one, thinks that tech companies should be fearful of the ruling.

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