Fwd: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: David Magda <dmagda () ee ryerson ca>
Date: Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 10:44 AM
Subject: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>


[For IP?]

Another Internet debate is simmering, specifically about the liability of
online companies and their users:

> Twenty-six words within Section 230 shield websites from many types of
claims arising from user content: “No provider or user of an interactive
computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any
information provided by another information content provider.” For example,
if a newspaper publishes a defamatory article, the subject can sue the
newspaper publisher for defamation. But under Section 230, if a user posts
a defamatory comment on Twitter, the subject cannot successfully sue
Twitter for defamation (but can sue the tweeter).
> I’m writing a book about Section 230 for Cornell University Press, titled
/The Twenty-Six Words that Created the Internet/. The title is not an
overstatement. Without Section 230, it is difficult to conceive of social
media, consumer review sites, and other user-focused online platforms
existing in their current forms.
[…]
> Perhaps no case was more troubling to me than a lawsuit brought by
plaintiffs who were victims of sex-trafficking against Backpage.com, the
site where they were advertised. A district court granted Backpage’s motion
to dismiss, relying on Section 230 immunity, and last year the US Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the decision.


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/how-do-you-change-the-most-important-law-in-internet-history-carefully/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act



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