How would the internet differ without Section 230?

Without Section 230, platforms may be more risk-averse in the content they host, warns expert Evelyn Douek.

On the docket for the United States Supreme Court this term is Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, high-profile cases that may redefine Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, legislation that protects platforms from what their users say on their websites, and platform liability for hosting terrorist material.

Through the protections to free speech that Section 230 provides, movements like #MeToo have flourished, says Douek, professor at Stanford Law School whose scholarship examines the private and public regulation of online speech.

Here, Douek talks about what Section 230 is and why it is important for freedom of speech:

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