Twitter, Meta, Google Tell High Court Terror-Aiding Requires Knowing Action

(December 2, 2022, 8:18 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a pair of merits briefs, Twitter Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.) and Google LLC tell the U.S. Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding of potential liability for a terrorist attack resulted from an improperly broad interpretation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), arguing that general awareness that their social media platforms were used by terrorist organization adherents does not constitute the necessary knowing provision of assistance to establish ATA liability....