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The ‘Digital Magna Carta’: Section 230, The Law That Made Social Media And E-Commerce Possible

ISSUES Posted: December 3, 2020 6:34 am

“Much of the modern internet exists thanks to a short section of a 1996 US law dedicated to moderating online porn.” That’s Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996: it protects websites with user-generated content — and that’s everything from Twitter and YouTube to Amazon and Wikipedia — from legal liability for that content. (It’s the creator that gets prosecuted or sued.) But Section 230 has been under attack from several sides, and the lawmakers that back them, for years — and the latest of those assaults is tied up with, yes, Donald Trump’s attempts to undo the outcome of the 2020 election. – Quartz

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ISSUES Published: 12.02.20

Read the story in Quartz Published: 12.02.20

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