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Section 230 Resources [1]

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Immunity for Online Publishers Under the Communications Decency Act [2]
  • 47 U.S.C. §230 [3] - Text of Section 230 provided by Cornell Law School.
  • Telecommunications Act of 1996 [4] - Full text of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which contains Section 230.
  • Wikipedia: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act [5] - Wikpedia's overview of Section 230.
  • Free Speech Savior or Shield for Scoundrels [6] - CMLP's empirical study of intermediary immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation's Bloggers' Legal Guide [7] - a great blogger-centric set of FAQs on Section 230's protection against legal claims arising from hosting information written by third parties.
  • Risks Associated With Publication [8] - CMLP's guide to defamation, privacy, and other torts associated with publishing material online.
  • Technology & Marketing Law Blog [9] - Professor Eric Goldman's invaluable reporting and insightful commentary on Section 230.
  • Nieman Journalism Lab: Why news orgs can police comments and not get sued [10] - Video presentation by CMLP's Director, David Ardia, on Section 230.
  • Good Samaritan 47 USC § 230 [11] - Cybertelecom Federal Internet Law & Policy's compilation of resources, news, and commentary on Section 230.
  • The Legislative History of Senator Exon's Communications Decency Act: Regulating Barbarians on the Information Superhighway [12] - Robert Cannon's 1996 article in the Federal Communications Law Journal describing Section 230's legislative history.

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[1] https://www.dmlp.org/resources/section-230-resources
[2] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/immunity-online-publishers-under-communications-decency-act
[3] http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/230.html
[4] http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/tcom1996.txt
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/section-230-empirical-study
[7] http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal/liability/230
[8] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/risks-associated-publication
[9] http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/derivative_liability/
[10] http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/david-ardia-why-news-orgs-can-police-comments-and-not-get-sued/
[11] http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm
[12] http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cannon2.htm