Section 230
The Wicked Problem Embodied by The Twitter Files
In response to a recent ProMarket post about the Twitter Files, professor Tom Ginsburg points out that the toughest question lies in the meaning...
False News Has a Long History—But Those In Power Failed To Heed It
In his book The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth, Samuel Woolley explores how governments failed to foresee...
Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Are Completely Wrong About Section 230
Abolishing Section 230 would not address disinformation and propaganda on social media nor charges of anti-conservative censorship. But its repeal would probably hurt startups...
The Useful Distraction of Section 230
How the red-herring of a politicized Section 230 and “conservative censorship” distracts from a bipartisan national privacy act.
Remember Cambridge Analytica? A lot has happened...
Kicking Around Section 230: Don’t Confuse Politics and Policymaking
Congressional hearings may make for good TV and viral social media posts, but reforming Section 230 would be more difficult than it seems.
“Change...
What Is Next for Section 230 Reform?
Section 230 has faced scrutiny from President Donald Trump, the FCC, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the US Congress, and even President-elect Joe Biden,...
The Trump FCC Can’t and Shouldn’t Be the Internet Speech Police
The debate over whether Section 230 needs to be updated is an important one. But the proper venue for that debate is in Congress....
The Only Regulation Mark Zuckerberg Likes Is No Regulation
In an op-ed and a white paper, Facebook's CEO argues that "private companies should not make so many decisions alone when they touch on...
“We Were Naïve,” Says FCC Chair Who Oversaw the Creation of Section 230
In an interview with ProMarket, former FCC chair Reed Hundt spoke about antitrust, Big Tech platforms, the future of the 1996 provision that provided legal protection...
