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All about Section 230, In the News
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English - January 16, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsTechnology Business a16z news innovation management business science policy tech entrepreneurs technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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All about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act -- what does and doesn't it say? How does this law play out against broader questions and debates around platforms, content moderation, and free speech?
This conversation between Mike Masnick (founder and editor in chief of Techdirt) and a16z editor in chief Sonal Chokshi was originally published May 2020, in the context of previous protests and presidential tweets (and an executive order then to prevent “online censorship”)-- but is exactly as relevant today... perhaps now more than ever.
https://a16z.com/2020/05/31/16mins-section-230-communications-decency-act-content-moderation-free-speech-internet-past-present-future/
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