Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., are vocal critics of Section 230. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Section 230 ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a fairly obscure—yet vitally important—law that has shaped the modern internet has suddenly been thrust into the political spotlight in recent months.

Congress originally passed Section 230 in 1996 to incentivize the expansion of the internet, a then relatively new technological frontier. At that time, Congress enacted CDA Section 230 in response to ...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court quietly refused to take up Doe v. Grindr, a case that could have been the first real test of Big Tech’s legal immunity under Section 230 of the Communications ...

The law that governs the internet could be in for its first-ever rewrite, potentially making tech companies legally responsible for what users post or what recommendation engines suggest. The U.S.

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. A case coming before the US ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law shields online platforms from ...