Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, who wanted to take the case, said the court chose not to address the responsibility of social media platforms.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a Texas teen's bid to revive his lawsuit accusing Snapchat owner Snap of failing to protect underage users of its social media platform from sexual predators - in this case,

The high court, over a dissent by two justices, decline to review the scope of Section 230 liability protection for social media platforms.

The Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to the scope of a federal law immunizing tech companies from liability for their users’ content brought by a teenager who was allegedly groomed by a teacher on Snapchat.