“The Ninth Circuit opinion in Gonzalez v Google (2021) raises important questions about how the presumption against extraterritoriality applies to immunity defenses invoked by social media companies under 47 USC § 230. Section 230 shields internet companies from civil liability for user-generated content hosted on their platforms. Gonzalez holds, effectively, that there is no conceivable application of Section 230 that could be ‘extraterritorial’ under the presumption. That conclusion is in tension with controlling Supreme Court precedent …” (more)
[David L Sloss and Swathi Rajan, Transnational Litigation Blog, 27 June]
First posted 2022-06-28 07:00:02
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