Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a fairly obscure—yet vitally important—law that has shaped the modern internet has suddenly been thrust into the political spotlight in recent months.

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. A case coming before the U.S.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad ...

Anyone following the debate over section 230 immunity for social-media platforms should be interested in the Third Circuit’s ruling on Tuesday in Anderson v. TikTok, Inc.—both the majority opinion by ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a dispute that called for an examination of the scope of a federal law known as Section 230 that provides a powerful legal shield for internet ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Once again, lawmakers are threatening to strip tech companies of their legislative sword and shield. Section 230, also known as ...

IN JANUARY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN took to the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal to inveigh against “big-tech abuses” and suggest, among other things, an overhaul of Section 230 of the Communications ...