Changing the Rules of the Internet? The Uncertain Future of Platform and Intermediary Liability | Shutts & Bowen LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The success of the modern internet can, in many ways, be traced to the passing of the watershed law of internet regulation that provides immunity from civil lawsuits for platforms or other internet intermediaries that publish the content of others. This law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (or “Section 230”) grants immunity to social media platforms, search engines, mobile apps and other internet service platforms for the content posted by users. But Section 230 has come under attack from both sides of the aisle in...