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Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants

What happens if Section 230 goes away? Section 230 won’t be easily dismantled. But if it is, online speech could be drastically transformed.

Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week challenge Section 230, a 1996 law that protects tech companies from liability for material posted on their networks. The cases are part of a global trend toward holding social media platforms accountable.

In a case with the potential to alter the very structure of the internet, the Supreme Court explored Tuesday the limits of a federal law that shields social media platforms from legal responsibility for what users post on their sites.

We interview the cast and crew of Prime Video series The Consultant starring Christoph Waltz and Nat Wolff