Why You Should Care About CDA 230 - Platform Responsibility & Free Speech - Extra Credits

Thanks to Joe Newman ( https://www.fenwick.com/people/joseph-newman ), Rebecca Fewkes ( https://www.fenwick.com/people/rebecca-a-e-fewkes ), & Andrew ( https://www.fenwick.com/people/andrew-p-bridges ) for their legal expertise on this episode!

President Trump wrote an executive order asking for clarification on section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But what does that mean? What is CDA 230? And more importantly, why should people in the games industry care? CDA 230 is often referred to as the 26 words that formed the internet & grants Platform Immunity. That's the stipulation that provides platforms & users can't be held liable for what other people put out on the internet. It also is what grants platforms the power of the ban hammer.

Check out further reading here:
- https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/25/policing_the_internet_a_bad_idea_in_1996_--_and_today.html
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/section-230-the-internet-law-politicians-love-to-hate-explained/3/
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21070403/joe-biden-president-election-section-230-communications-decency-act-revoke
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/media/trump-social-media-conservative-censorship/index.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/04/google-facebook-anti-conservative-bias-claims
- https://techliberation.com/2020/06/03/the-section-230-executive-order-free-speech-and-the-fcc/

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