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May 28, 2020 · Updated Dec 29, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC. Illustrated by Alex Castro / The Verge. This is a living guide to Section 230: what it is, what it isn’t, why it’s controversial, and how it might be changed ...
Aug 12, 2021 · August 12, 2021. Erik Isakson/Getty Images. Summary. A quarter of a century ago, in Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Congress implemented “safe harbor” protections against...
Mar 25, 2021 · March 25, 2021. This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Today there is yet another congressional hearing about an internet law that is older...
Section 509 of Pub. L. 104–104, which directed amendment of title II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) by adding section 230 at end, was executed by adding the section at end of part I of title II of the Act to reflect the probable intent of Congress and amendments by sections 101(a), (b), and 151(a) of Pub. L. 104 ...
4 minute read | June.13.2023. The U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases recently that left untouched Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides online platforms immunity from claims based on content that their users create and share on those platforms.
Feb 22, 2021 · In the ongoing debate over whether and how to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, it is important to understand the law’s origins, meaning, and impact—because, for better or worse, it has shaped the modern Internet.
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The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck the act's anti-indecency provisions.
