Supreme Court to Decide If Tech Giants Can Face Lawsuits for Enabling State Repression

The Supreme Court is weighing whether US technology companies can be sued under federal law for helping foreign governments persecute their own citizens. The case centers on Cisco's alleged role in China's Golden Shield surveillance system, which tracked Falun Gong practitioners for torture and killing. The ruling will determine whether two statutes—the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act—create liability for tech firms that knowingly assist authoritarian regimes.