Miers spoke during a Thursday symposium on Section 230 hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington D.C. The event included a virtual appearance by Senator Ron Wyden who, along with former Congressman ...
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law shields online platforms from ...
We can thank Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act for much of our freedom to communicate online. It enabled the rise of search engines, social media, and countless platforms that make ...
Thirty years ago, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was born out of real concerns for the future. Lawmakers feared that the early internet, fragile and experimental, would be smothered in ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daryl Lim, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ...
Thirty years ago, I co-wrote Section 230. Without it, goodbye retweets, Reddit mods, Wikipedia editors and curated feeds on Bluesky.