Section 230 Platform Vs Publisher

Right now though there s no legal distinction between a platform and a publisher in section 230.

Section 230 platform vs publisher. In this sense section 230 c 1 provides common. But rather than facilitate free speech silicon valley now uses section 230 to justify censorship leading to a legal and policy muddle. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third party content. It is only the creator v.

Twitter is already treated like every publisher. Section 230 makes internet platforms and other internet speakers immune from. There are plenty of things we can still argue about regarding section 230 but whether someone is a publisher versus a platform should not be one of them. Congress passed section 230 with two main provisions each with a different purpose.

For instance in response to a lawsuit challenging its speech policies google claimed that restricting its right to censor would impose liability on youtube as a publisher. They should be afforded all the legal protections of section 230. Section 230 is a piece of internet legislation in the united states passed into law as part of the communications decency act cda of 1996 a common name for title v of the telecommunications act of 1996 formally codified as section 230 of the communications act of 1934 at 47 u s c. As a platform or provider of a computer service a company cannot be liable for content users post on their sites.

Does the action just defeat the entire status as a platform and now they are a publisher of a billion or. This is from section 230 of the communications decency act. 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. First online platforms cannot be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another.