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A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It

The Daily

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Section 230 origin

In 1995, a New York State court ruled that Prodigy, an online service, was responsible for the content on its message boards, which could damage the company if it didn't take down problematic posts quickly./nCongress responded by passing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which states that providers and users of interactive computer services (like Prodigy) cannot be held liable for the content of information provided by other information content providers.

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