[ NNSquad ] "Must-Read Empirical Study of 47 USC 230 Jurisprudence by David Ardia"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Must-Read Empirical Study of 47 USC 230 Jurisprudence by David Ardia"

http://bit.ly/c1DEQr  (Technology & Marketing Law Blog)

   The abstract:

   In the thirteen years since its enactment, section 230 of the
   Communications Decency Act has become one of the most important
   statutes impacting online speech, as well as one of the most intensely
   criticized. In deceptively simple language, its provisions sweep away
   the common law's distinction between publisher and distributor
   liability, granting operators of Web sites and other interactive
   computer services broad protection from claims based on the speech of
   third parties. Section 230 is of critical importance because virtually
   all speech that occurs on the Internet is facilitated by private
   intermediaries that have a fragile commitment to the speech they
   facilitate.

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