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A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It
The Daily
What's the Story Behind the Internet Companies' Immunity?
A 1996 law called Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is at play in a lawsuit brought by Noe Meghanzales' family. It immunizes tech platforms, Google, Facebook, eBay, Yelp from liability for content posted by their users. So what's the story behind this broad and kind of fascinating level of immunity that internet companies have? Why did that ever come into being? "It arises in the earliest days of the internet," Michael Barbar says.
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