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26 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 163 (2017-2018)
Facebook, Defamation, and Terrorism: Who Is Responsible for Dangerous Posts on Social Media

handle is hein.journals/tulicl26 and id is 171 raw text is: Facebook, Defamation, and Terrorism: Who Is Responsible for Dangerous Posts on Social Media? Caitlin McKeown* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 163 II. BACKGROUND ......................................... 165 A. The Communications Decency Act-Ongins and History ....................................... 165 B. The Modern CDA-f 230 and Publisher Imrunity........ 167 C The Material Support Statute and Its Connection to Terroism Online . ............................ 173 III. TERRORISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA-A NEW FRONTIER UNDER THE CDA AND § 2339B . ............................ 176 IV. THE RISE OF ONLINE ANTITERRORISM LITIGATION IN EUROPE...... 184 I. INTRODUCTION Technology and the Internet have created a whole new virtual world for the average person to explore. With the click of a button, people can share their thoughts, photos, and opinions, all while quickly analyzing information posted by other persons, news sites, companies, and politicians. While the Internet and social media have facilitated communication and opened the door to virtual exploration, there is an ever-growing trend towards threatened privacy and, even more serious, breaches in national security. Companies, like Facebook, have expanded beyond comprehension, with an average of 1.37 billion users active daily throughout the globe in June 2017 alone.' It is nearly impossible for Facebook and similar sites, such as Twitter, Google, and Myspace, to micromanage individual posts on such a massive, global scale. As a result, posts promulgating political insurgence, terrorism, and false, * C 2017 Caitlin McKeown. J.D. candidate 2018, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2013, The University of Chicago. I would like to thank my fellow members of the Tulane Journal ofInternational and Comparative Law for all of their hard work and encouragement. In addition, I would like to dedicate my Comment to my parents, who have continuously shown their love and support throughout law school. 1. Company Info, FACEBOOK NEwSROOM, http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ (last visited Nov. 22, 2017). 163

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