Congress originally passed Section 230 in 1996 to incentivize the expansion of the internet, a then relatively new technological frontier. At that time, Congress enacted CDA Section 230 in response to ...

WebProNews reported in an October 1st article that United States District Judge Orelia E. Merchant dismissed a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) environmental enforcement action that had ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), long one of the Republican Party’s most consistent defenders of Section 230 on free speech grounds, is calling for the law’s protections to be stripped from major technology ...

The rise of viral, dangerous challenges, combined with social media algorithms that amplify such content, is bringing increased scrutiny to how platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and others operate. As ...

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Web sites that allow user-generated content (UGC) and third-party advertising are generally immune, under the law, from liability if that third-party information turns out to be harmful. An exception ...

For 29 years, one passage, a small portion of the larger Communications Decency Act, has shaped the foundations of the internet as we know it. Often referred to as the 26 words that created the ...

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