Companies and Internet Users reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours reposting Third Party Material as liability. Recorded earlier this week this is just over three hours. The committee will now come to order the chair recognizes himself or five minutes for Opening Statement. On my content on online content moderation is the negine experience we know today whether looking up restaurant reviews or catching up on snl on youtube are checking in on a friend or a loved one on social media these are all experiences we have come to know and rely on. And the platforms we go to to do these things have been enabled by User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content and create communities. Section 230 of Communications Decency actit has enabled that ecosystem to evolve by giving only companies the ability to moderatec content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we
More than 20 years, since the birth of the internet age as we know i, section 230 has provided websites we put the immunity from liability from other users post. The Electronic Frontier foundation describes important sectionos of 230 this way. This legal and policy framework has offered youtube users to upload their own videos, amazon yelps offered countless offer reviews, craigslist lads, and facebook and twitter offer social networking to billions of internet users. Given the sheer size of user generated websites, it would be impossible and feasible for online people to have objectionable content popping up on their price. In short, section 230, a lot to protect the kind of innovations that is allowed the internet to drive since 1996. And yet, over the past few years section 230 has faced heighten criticism for both the left and right. They encouraged from the left argued that social media giants enjoy special protection. They know consequences. And other critics on the right have ar
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac i think a lot of the sites that were all concerned about, i dont think should be entitled to section 230 protections. The problem is, section 230 is often decided at a very early stage. So theres no discovery to determine whether the platform has contributed to the development of the content that doesnt receive section 230 protections. I would like to see a standard where the judge believes theres reasonable cause that its contributed to the content. We do that for personal jurisdiction. I think that would be a way to go after the bad actors that never should be getting protected by section 230 while still preserving protections for the sites that really are not contributing to the material. Thats one thing. The second is, i hear from people on all sides about various issues with 230 ranging from there shouldnt be any moderation to there shouldnt be any protection at all. This is all a
Yet over the past few years faced criticism. Many critics on the lift argue that social media giants enjoy special protection. They allow speech without worrying about consequences. Right havecs on the argued that these companies have gone too far in policing these devices or at least two far in policing conservative voices. Criticisms, wese have seen calls to reform this section, and it is these calls that we are going to discuss today, and i often use the phrase, an allstar panel. This time i mean it especially. Is thetely to my right author of the 2014 book hate crimes in cyberspace. Next to her is jim harper, and over on the and is the assistant for pfizer of Cyber Security law at the Naval Academy Cyber Science Department and author of the book the 26 words that anded the internet welcome all. Let me start with jeff. Sure, ore know for reasonably for sure, was the intent behind section 230 . Legislators feel the need to bring this into being . Reasons. Are two main the first was t
The 1996 Communications Decency act regarding the content users post on their platforms. The American Enterprise institute hosted the discussion. It is about an hour and a half. Good morning. Event youvec chosen to attend, watch online or view on cspan is should we reform section 230. Off with an interpretive reading of the 1996 commit case and and decency act, provider or user of an Interactive Service shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. For more than 20 years since the birth of the internet age as we know it, section 230 has provided websites from immunity for what their users post. The Electronic Frontier foundation describes the importance of section 230 this way, this legal and policy framework has allowed for youtube users to upload their own videos, amazon and yelp to offer countless user reviews, craigslist to host classified ads, and facebook and twitter to offer social networking to billions of intern