Section 230 is the legal “shield” that lets regular people post without platforms getting sued into dust for every comment.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company in a Los Angeles court as part of a landmark civil trial over social media. The 20-year-old plaintiff says she became addicted to social media as a child, ...

Courts are weighing whether Meta, Google, and other platforms can be held responsible for algorithm-driven harm to children ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A key law that protects free speech online is celebrating its 30th birthday under withering fire from critics on both sides of the ...

This month marks the 30 th anniversary of a section of United States law that has been called “the 26 words that created the Internet.” Three decades ago, in 1996, it was far from certain that ...

Part 1 of this series discussed the history of communications and media regulation that led Congress to pass the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which turns 30 years old on February 8th. Part 2 ...

The law has survived the dot-com bubble and the Supreme Court, but it’s up against potentially larger challenges. The law has survived the dot-com bubble and the Supreme Court, but it’s up against ...

We Need a Private-Sector Overhaul of U.S. Space Exploration Chasing Platforms Instead of Ambulances: Social Media Liability Trial Kicks Off in California The Administration’s War on Drug Development ...

Lawmakers are renewing a push to take away the legal provision that shields social media companies from liability over content their users post on their platforms. It’s a move that could reshape how ...

2 arrested after Maryland authorities break up illegal car meets across 4 counties Law enforcement agencies across the National Capital Region disrupted multiple large-scale illegal car rallies ...

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt visited Capitol Hill Wednesday to advocate for a bill sunsetting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a controversial provision that protects companies from facing ...