The Supreme Court has never heard a Section 230 case—until now. Earlier this month, the justices agreed to review Gonzalez v. Google, in which the plaintiffs argue that YouTube’s “targeted recommendation” of videos falls outside Section 230 immunity. How did we get Section 230? Why is it important? What would the Internet look like without it? Emma Llansó, director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, joins the show to explain how Section 230 came to be, how it has been implemented over the last quarter century, why Congress’s one amendment of it (via FOSTA) was a disaster, and why the upcoming Supreme Court case is so crucial.
#164: Blogging in Ethiopia
#163: Online Sales Tax
#162: Should Government Pay for Broadband?
#161: Spying on the World
#160: Privacy at the Border
#159: Next-Gen TV
#158: Who Owns Your Data?
#157: Counterpoint on Trump's FCC
#156: Car Talk
#155: Supreme Court of Tech
#154: Augmented Reality and Poképolicy
#153: Trump Picks Ajit Pai for FCC Chair
#152: Uber Dodges Bullet in Maryland
#151: 16 Going on 17
#150: If Hotels Could Regulate Airbnb
#149: Do Smart Cars Need Smart Roads?
#148: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
#147: Secret Law
#146: Robot Scalpers and the BOTS Act
#145: Chicago's War on Homesharing
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