Supreme Court avoids challenge to social media companies' immunity from lawsuits

by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk

Thu, May 18th 2023, 3:29 PM UTC

FILE - A picture is displayed during a memorial service for California State Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Long Beach, Calif. The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 18, sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies. The justices' decision returns to a lower court the case from the family of Nohemi Gonzalez. The family wants to sue Google for YouTube videos they said helped attract IS recruits and radicalize them. Google owns YouTube. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

FILE - Beatriz Gonzalez, right, the mother of 23-year-old Nohemi Gonzalez, a student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks, and stepfather Jose Hernandez, speak outside the Supreme Court, Feb. 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 18, sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies. The justices' decision returns to a lower court the case from the family of Nohemi Gonzalez. The family wants to sue Google for YouTube videos they said helped attract IS recruits and radicalize them. Google owns YouTube. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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FILE - A picture is displayed during a memorial service for California State Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Long Beach, Calif. The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 18, sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies. The justices' decision returns to a lower court the case from the family of Nohemi Gonzalez. The family wants to sue Google for YouTube videos they said helped attract IS recruits and radicalize them. Google owns YouTube. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

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