Twitter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Court cases and lawsuits === ''[[Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh|Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh]]'', alongside ''[[Gonzalez v. Google LLC|Gonzalez v. Google]]'', were heard by the [[United States Supreme Court]] during its 2022β2023 term. Both cases dealt with Internet content providers and whether they are liable for terrorism-related information posted by their users. In the case of ''Twitter v. Taamneh'', the case asked if Twitter and other social media services are liable for [[User-generated content|user-generated]] terrorism content under the [[Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996]] and are beyond their [[Section 230]] protections. The court ruled in May 2023 that the charges brought against Twitter and other companies were not permissible under the Antiterrorism Act, and did not address the Section 230 question. This decision also supported the Court's [[Per curiam|''per curiam'' decision]] in ''Gonzalez'' returning that case to the lower court for review in light of the ''Twitter'' decision.<ref name="nbcnews decision">{{cite news |last=Hurley |first=Lawrence |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on scope of internet companies' immunity from lawsuits over user content |work=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-sidesteps-ruling-scope-internet-company-immunity-lawsuit-rcna79598 |access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Masnick |first=Mike |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place |url=https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/18/supreme-court-leaves-230-alone-for-now-but-justice-thomas-gives-a-pretty-good-explanation-for-why-it-exists-in-the-first-place/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=[[Techdirt]]}}</ref> In 2016, Twitter shareholder Doris Shenwick filed a lawsuit against Twitter, Inc., claiming executives misled investors over the company's growth prospects.<ref name="time.com">{{Cite magazine |title=Twitter Agrees to Pay $809.5 Million Settlement in Shareholder Growth Lawsuit |url=https://time.com/6099976/twitter-class-action-lawsuit/ |magazine=Time |access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref> In 2021, Twitter agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle.<ref name="time.com" /> In May 2022, Twitter agreed to pay $150 million to settle a lawsuit started by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuit concerned Twitter's use of email addresses and phone numbers of Twitter users to [[Targeted advertising|target advertisements]] at them. The company also agreed to third-party audits of its [[Information privacy|data privacy]] program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Adi |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Twitter will pay $150 million for using people's security phone numbers to target ads |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141968/ftc-doj-twitter-settlement-phone-number-security-ad-targeting |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=The Verge}}</ref> On November 3, 2022, on the eve of expected lay-offs, a group of Twitter employees based in San Francisco and Cambridge filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Naming five current or former workers as plaintiffs, the suit accused the company of violating federal and state laws that govern notice of employment termination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Twitter sued over short-notice layoffs as Elon Musk's takeover rocks company |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-sued-layoffs-days-elon-musk-purchase-rcna55619 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=NBC News}}</ref> The federal law in question is the [[Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988|Work Adjustment and Re training Notification (WARN) Act]], and the state law in question is California's state WARN Act.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Twitter sued by workers over impending layoffs they say are illegal |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-layoffs-illegal-lawsuit-122037157.html |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=finance.yahoo.com}}</ref> On November 20, 2023, Twitter filed a lawsuit against [[Media Matters for America|Media Matters]], a media watchdog group. The lawsuit alleges defamation by Media Matters following its publication of a report claiming that advertisements for major brands were displayed alongside posts promoting [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazi Party|Nazi party]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Elon Musk's X sues Media Matters over antisemitism analysis |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67482231 |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page