WebProNews reported in an October 1st article that United States District Judge Orelia E. Merchant dismissed a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) environmental enforcement action that had ...
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law shields online platforms from ...
Just before Christmas 2025, a bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators, including Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin, Josh Hawley, Amy ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, tech giants like Meta have been shielded from lawsuits over harmful content by Section 230 of the Communications ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., are vocal critics of Section 230. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Section 230 ...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), long one of the Republican Party’s most consistent defenders of Section 230 on free speech grounds, is calling for the law’s protections to be stripped from major technology ...
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” Those 26 words comprise ...
Even during this time of strong political divisiveness, lawmakers agree there should be changes to Section 230. Congressional committees have subpoenaed the CEOs and heads of major tech companies like ...
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is probably anything but decent. The clause insulates social media (SM) from liability when hosting third-party content – even if dangerous or offensive - ...