The Supreme Court hears arguments for Gonzalez v. Google, its first big Section 230 case
I’m feeling cautiously optimistic about today’s lines of questioning.
Supreme Court justices are notoriously clever about the questions they ask, and they’ll often ask questions during oral arguments that belie their true feelings about the subject matter. But, so far today, each member of the court who has asked questions has seemed pretty skeptical about the idea that Section 230 should be obliterated because of YouTube’s thumbnails.
We’ll see what happens, of course, but today’s arguments have been exceptional in the sense that the government seems to be employing more wisdom than we usually see when interrogating technology. (Adi says she’s reserving judgment until she sees how weird their questions to Google are.)
I’m feeling cautiously optimistic about today’s lines of questioning. Supreme Court justices are notoriously clever about the questions they ask, and they’ll often ask questions during oral arguments that belie their true feelings about the subject matter. But, so far today, each member of the court who has asked questions…
