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A fight between a Seattle man and AOL in the 1990s led to what has been called "the most important internet law ruling ever." Decades later, the Supreme Court is weighing if Section 230 still fits.
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Jovelle Tamayo for NPR toggle caption Jovelle Tamayo for NPR In 1995, an online troll impersonated Ken Zeran on AOL, posting tasteless ads with his phone number. Zeran sued AOL, and lost. The person behind the ads has never been identified. Jovelle Tamayo for NPR In April 1995, Ken Zeran's phone started ringing. And ringing. And ringing. "Lots of calls. It wasn't like every second. But it was just lots of calls," Zeran said in an interview with NPR. He ran a real estate magazine in Seattle. But his phone ringing off the hook had nothing to do with that ...
In April 1995, Ken Zeran's phone started ringing. And ringing. And ringing. "Lots of calls. It wasn't like every second. But it was just lots of calls," Zeran said in an interview with NPR. He ran a real estate magazine in Seattle. But his phone ringing off the hook had nothing to do with that — these callers were irate, often screaming. "'How could you do this? What a loser you are,'" he remembers them saying. "You can use your own sense and think of what they might be saying given what had just happened in Oklahoma City." What had just happened in Oklahoma City was a domestic terrorist at...