Google Case at Supreme Court Risks Upending the Internet as We Know It
The ruling could transform the way YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and other online companies work
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.
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An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be held responsible for promoting harmful speech?
The case, Gonzalez v. Google, could upend the modern internet economy, sparing no online business. A ruling against Google will likely leave internet companies — from social media platforms to travel websites to online marketplaces — scrambling to reconfigure their businesses to avoid costly lawsuits.