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Radio: Section 230 Turns 26. Can It Survive the Politicians?

by Shoshana Weissmann

Feb 8, 2022

issues: Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

originally published in Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

Happy Birthday, Section 230! The federal law that underpins the internet as we know it is turning 26 today…while under fire from left and right. The R Street Institute’s Shoshana Weissmann outlines where the criticisms go wrong and what we should be thinking about instead when the topic of Big Tech regulation comes up.

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