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Cite as:  598 U. S. ____ (2023) 

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JACKSON, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 21–1496 
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TWITTER, INC., PETITIONER v. MEHIER 
TAAMNEH, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT 

[May 18, 2023] 

JUSTICE JACKSON, concurring. 
I  join  the  opinion  of  the  Court  with  the  understanding
that today’s decisions are narrow in important respects.  In 
this case and its companion, Gonzalez v. Google, 598 U. S. 
___ (2023) (per curiam), the Court has applied 18 U. S. C.
§2333(d)(2)  to  two  closely  related  complaints,  filed  by  the 
same counsel.  Both cases came to this Court at the motion-
to-dismiss  stage,  with  no  factual  record.    And  the  Court’s 
view  of  the  facts—including  its  characterizations  of  the
social-media  platforms  and  algorithms  at  issue—properly 
rests  on  the  particular  allegations  in  those  complaints.
Other  cases  presenting  different  allegations  and  different 
records may lead to different conclusions.

The  Court  also  draws  on  general  principles  of  tort  and
criminal  law  to  inform  its  understanding  of  §2333(d)(2).
General  principles  are  not,  however,  universal.    The 
common-law propositions this Court identifies in interpret-
ing  §2333(d)(2)  do  not  necessarily  translate  to  other  con-
texts.