Tech Stocks' 'Big Tobacco Moment': What Battles Over Key Legal Shield Mean For Meta, Google
If a horde of lawsuits succeed, tech companies could lose the protection of a law that shields them from liability for content posted by people who use their platforms. (© Dave Cutler)
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11:16 AM ET 06/12/2026
Section 230 has been called the "26 words that created the internet." The statute shields tech platforms from liability for the content posted by their users. But a new legal strategy is challenging that shield — with big implications for Meta, Google and other tech stocks. And another major court test looms this summer. "No provider or user of an…
