WASHINGTON: Some call it the foundation of the open Internet and online free speech. Others say it allows big platforms to avoid responsibility for harmful content they host.
Section 230 – which the White House is seeking to curtail as part of its war with Silicon Valley – was included in the 1996 Communications Decency Act to protect online service providers from lawsuits based on user-generated content.
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