Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest January 2020 No. 1 Vol. 99
Holding Tech Companies Accountable

Holding Tech Companies Accountable

PROs & CONs of Regulating Websites

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If a user threatens a business in a Yelp review, should the website be responsible? What if someone posts a pornographic video to YouTube? Or to use a more recent example: If Russian agents disseminate false claims and propaganda on Facebook to influence an election, should Facebook take the blame?

Thanks to a 26-word clause in a 24-year-old law, the answer has been “no.” Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA 230) effectively states that platforms …

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Should Congress Hold Tech Companies Accountable for Harmful Online Content?

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