Analysis

Inside The 'Battleground For The Internet's Soul': Section 230

By Mike Curley (August 30, 2021, 11:33 AM EDT) -- The once-obscure Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has enabled platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to shape the digital world, now faces an increasingly harsh floodlight over the broad immunity it confers on those platforms.

Fierce debate surrounds recent calls for stripping or modifying the protections Section 230 grants those platforms against liability for the information and posts they publish. Dozens of bills have been proposed at state and federal levels, and challenges have been filed in federal courts.

Experts doubt the federal bills will go anywhere, thanks to the sharp partisan dispute over what Section 230's biggest...

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