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Story summary
- The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 2026 declined to review X Corp.’s petition to overturn Section 230 immunity in a child-sex-trafficking video lawsuit.
- The case involves two teenage boys deceived by traffickers, recorded, and later spread on X, with the 9th Circuit having ruled that Section 230 shields X from related claims.
- Plaintiffs say X knew the illegal content was proliferating.
- X’s lawyers claim the suit seeks to overturn settled Section 230 interpretation.
