Section 230: Everything You Need to Know About Big Tech's Legal Protections
© press Big Tech oligarchs are given legal immunity by Section 230 Amid the recent and ongoing purge of conservatives by Big Tech, most notably the widespread banning of President Donald Trump from the Internet, calls are mounting to repeal the legal protections these Silicon Valley oligarchs enjoy. In fact, before the coordinated purge of his accounts, President Trump was threatening to revoke Section 230 - Big Tech's legal immunity. Section 230 legislates Internet content and was passed into law as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Written in the earlier days of the web, Sec...