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NERA Economic Consulting estimated in 2017 that Section 230 and the DMCA, ... that section 230 immunity was a "sweetheart deal between big tech and big government".
Any change to Section 230 is likely to have ripple effects on online speech around the globe. “The rest of the world is cracking down on the internet even faster than the U.S.,” Goldman said.
Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act — itself part of a broader telecom law — provides a legal “safe harbor” for internet companies. All about Section 230, a rule that made ...
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today
In place of eliminating Section 230, FIRE proposes legislation that would compel the government to report, within 72 hours, any content moderation demands made of internet services. The disclosure ...
The site had faced legal disputes, and a government investigation spearheaded by Portman. [8] Portman argued that Section 230 was being used to "protect its unscrupulous business practices", and that Section 230 protections "were never intended to apply – and they should not apply – to companies that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking."
The new Congress can help shape the structure of online ecosystems to better serve consumers.
In a victory for social media sites, the justices declined Thursday to rule on a challenge to Section 230, which protects websites from being sued over its users' posts.