That’s thanks to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which broadly protects websites from liability for posts made by third parties.
But the Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a case that will test just how far that goes.
The case the Supreme Court will take up, which was lodged against Google over YouTube recommending videos made by ISIS, is about what responsibility websites might have for hosting terrorist propaganda (as is a related suit the court also agreed to hear against Twitter).
But Section 230 covers a whole lot more.
Dating back to the pre-Google days of 1996, the 26-word law laid the foundation for the internet we have now by establishing that websites can set rules about what they allow users to post while still not being on the hook legally for user-generated content.
With that much power, Section 230’s been controversial for a long time now.
Who loves Section 230?
Big Tech and anyone else whose business depends on the internet.
It’s the law that allows Google, social media companies, video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo, review-based sites like Yelp or Airbnb, and even regular ol’ sites that allow user comments the ability to operate without getting sued into oblivion over things like defamation.
Who hates it?
Politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have called for the repeal of Section 230. Republicans tend to ding the law for giving tech companies too much say over what speech people see online (like when Twitter booted Trump), while Democrats complain it gives tech companies a pass for allowing hate speech and disinformation.
Bottom line:
The internet landscape won’t change immediately, but when the court does eventually rule, it’s got options: It could narrowly focus on whether exceptions should be made for terrorism (like the ones that already exist for copyright violations) or it could totally change life on the internet as we know it.
āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āļුāˇ āļēāļ¸ෙāļු āļāļļ āļැāļą āļෙāļāļģāļ¸් āļ āˇිāļ්āˇිāļ āļ¯ෙāļēāļ් āļ´ැāˇāˇුāˇāļ¯, āļāļļāļ§ āļāˇුāļą්āļ§ āļąāļŠු āļ´ැāˇāļģිāļē āˇැāļිāļē, āļąāļ¸ුāļ් āļāˇුāļą් āļāļē āļ´ැāˇāˇූ āˇේāļ¯ිāļාāˇāļ§ āļąොāˇේ. āļෙāˇāļą āļ´ාāļģ්āˇāˇāļēāļą් āˇිāˇිāļą් āļāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯ āļ´āˇ āļිāļģීāļ¸් āˇāļŗāˇා āˇāļāļීāļ¸් āˇāļŊිāļą් āˇෙāļļ් āļ āļŠāˇි āļ´ුāˇ ුāļŊ් āļŊෙāˇ āļāļģāļ්āˇා āļāļģāļą āˇāļą්āļąිāˇේāļ¯āļą āˇිāļąීāļ āļ´āļąāļේ 230 āˇāļāļą්āļිāļēāļ§ āˇ්āļුāļිāˇāļą්āļ āˇේ.
āļāˇෙāļ් āļāļē āļෙāļāļģāļ¸් āļ¯ුāļģāļāļ§ āļ¯ැāļēි āļ´āļģීāļ්āˇා āļāļģāļą āļąāļŠුāˇāļ් āˇිāļˇාāļ āļිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āˇ්āļģේāˇ්āļ¨ාāļ°ිāļāļģāļĢāļē āļāļēේ āļāļāļ āˇිāļē.
ISIS āˇිāˇිāļą් āˇාāļ¯āļą āļŊāļ¯ āˇීāļŠිāļēෝ āļąිāļģ්āļ¯ේāˇ āļāļģāļ¸ිāļą් āļēූ āļ§ිāļēුāļļ් āˇāļ¸්āļļāļą්āļ°āļēෙāļą් āļූāļāļŊ්āļ§ āļāļģෙāˇිāˇ āļොāļąු āļāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯ āˇ්āļģේāˇ්āļ¨ාāļ°ිāļāļģāļĢāļē āˇිāˇිāļą් āļ´āˇāļģා āļāļි āļąāļŠුāˇ, āļ්āļģāˇ්āļāˇාāļ¯ී āļ´්āļģāļ ාāļģāļ āˇāļ්āļාāļģāļāļ්āˇāļē āˇāļŗāˇා āˇෙāļļ් āļ āļŠāˇි āˇāļŊāļ§ āļිāļļිāļē āˇැāļි āˇāļāļීāļ¸ āļුāļ¸āļ්āļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą āļ´ිāˇ ිāļļāļŗāˇāļēි (āļ āļ¯ාāˇ āļąāļŠුāˇāļ් āļŊෙāˇ āļ§්āˇිāļ§āļģ්āļ§ āļāļģෙāˇිāˇ āļ āļ°ිāļāļģāļĢāļē āļ¯ āˇිāļˇාāļ āļිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļāļāļ āˇිāļē).
āļąāļ¸ුāļ් 230 āˇāļāļą්āļිāļē āļāˇāļ් āļļොāˇෝ āļ¯ේ āļāˇāļģāļĢāļē āļāļģāļēි
1996 āļ´ෙāļģ āļූāļāļŊ් āļ¯ිāļą āļ¯āļ්āˇා āļ¯ිāˇෙāļą, āˇāļ āļą 26 āļąීāļිāļē āļ¯ැāļą් āļ āļ´ āˇāļුāˇ āļāļි āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āˇāļŗāˇා āļ āļŠිāļාāļŊāļ¸ āļ¯ැāļ¸ුāˇේ, āˇෙāļļ් āļ āļŠāˇි āˇāļŊāļ§ āļąීāļ්āļēාāļąුāļූāļŊāˇ āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļāļēāļą් āˇāļŗāˇා āļොāļ්āļෙāļą් āļąොāˇිāļ§, āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļāļēිāļą්āļ§ āļ´āˇ āļිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļāļŠ āļ¯ෙāļą āļ¯ේ āļ´ිāˇ ිāļļāļŗāˇ āļąීāļි āˇැāļāˇිāļē āˇැāļි āļļāˇ āļāˇāˇුāļģු āļිāļģීāļ¸ෙāļąි- āļĸāļąāļąāļē āļāˇ āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļāļāļē.
āļāļāļģāļ¸් āļļāļŊāļēāļ් āˇāˇිāļāˇ, 230 āˇāļāļą්āļිāļē āļ¯ිāļු āļāļŊāļ් āļිāˇ්āˇේ āļ¸āļāļˇේāļ¯āļēāļ§ āļුāļŠුāļ¯ී āļāļ.
230 āˇāļāļą්āļිāļēāļ§ āļāļ¯āļģāļē āļāļģāļą්āļąේ āļāˇුāļ¯?
āļļිāļ් āļ§ෙāļ් āˇāˇ āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āļ¸āļ āļģāļŗා āļ´āˇāļිāļą āˇ්āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļēāļ් āļāļි āˇෙāļąāļ් āļāļąෑāļ¸ āļ āļēෙāļු. āļāļē Google, āˇāļ¸ාāļĸ āļ¸ාāļ°්āļē āˇāļ¸ාāļāļ¸්, YouTube āˇāˇ Vimeo āˇැāļąි āˇීāļŠිāļēෝ āļļෙāļ¯ාāļැāļąීāļ¸ේ āļ āļŠāˇි, Yelp āˇෝ Airbnb āˇැāļąි āˇāļ¸ාāļŊෝāļ āļą āļ´āļ¯āļąāļ¸් āˇූ āˇෙāļļ් āļ āļŠāˇි āˇāˇ āˇාāļ¸ාāļą්āļē ol' āˇෙāļļ් āļ āļŠāˇි āļ´āˇා āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļ āļ āļ¯āˇāˇ් āˇāļŊāļ§ āļ¯ේāˇāļŊ් āļ āļ¸āļāļ āļąොāļāļģ āļ්āļģිāļēා āļිāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇැāļිāļēාāˇ āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą āļąීāļිāļēāļēි. āļ āļ´āˇාāˇāļēāļ් āˇāļේ.
āļāļēāļ§ āˇෛāļģ āļāļģāļą්āļąේ āļāˇුāļ¯?
āļ¯ෙāļ´āˇ āļ¯ේāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļąāļĨāļēෝ. āļŠොāļąāļŊ්āļŠ් āļ§්āļģāļ¸්āļ´් āˇāˇ āļĸෝ āļļāļēිāļŠāļą් āļēāļą āļ¯ෙāļ¯ෙāļąාāļ¸ 230 āˇāļāļą්āļිāļē āļ āˇāļŊංāļු āļāļģāļą āļŊෙāˇ āļāļŊ්āļŊා āļāļ. āļģිāļ´āļļ්āļŊිāļාāļąුāˇāļą් āļාāļ්āˇāļĢ āˇāļ¸ාāļāļ¸්āˇāļŊāļ§ āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āˇāļģāˇා āļ¸ිāļąිāˇුāļą් āļ¯āļිāļą āļ¯ේ āļැāļą (āļ§්āˇිāļ§āļģ් āļ§්āļģāļ¸්āļ´් āļļූāļ§් āļāˇ āˇිāļ§ āļ¸ෙāļą්) āļāļąෑāˇāļ§ āˇāļŠා āļ´්āļģāļාāˇ āļිāļģීāļ¸ āˇāļŗāˇා āļąීāļිāļē āļ්āļģිāļēාāļ්āļ¸āļ āļිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļąැāļšුāļģු āˇāļą āļ āļāļģ āļŠිāļ¸ොāļ්āļģāļ§ිāļ් āļ´ාāļ්āˇිāļāļēāļą් āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢිāļŊි āļāļģāļą්āļąේ āļāļē āļාāļ්āˇāļĢ āˇāļ¸ාāļāļ¸්āˇāļŊāļ§ āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą āļļāˇāļēි. āļ¯්āˇේāˇ āˇāˇāļāļ āļ´්āļģāļාāˇ āˇāˇ āˇැāļģāļ¯ි āļොāļģāļුāļģු āˇāļŊāļ§ āļāļŠ āļ¯ීāļ¸ āˇāļŗāˇා āļ āˇāˇāļģ.
āˇāļ¸ාāļŊෝāļ āļąāļē
āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊ āļˇූ āļ¯āļģ්āˇāļąāļē āļ්āˇāļĢිāļāˇ āˇෙāļąāˇ් āļąොāˇāļąු āļāļ, āļąāļ¸ුāļ් āļāˇාāˇිāļē āļ āˇāˇාāļąāļēේ āļීāļą්āļ¯ු āļāļģāļą āˇිāļ§, āļāļēāļ§ āˇිāļāļŊ්āļ´ āļිāļļේ: āļāļēāļ§ āļ්āļģāˇ්āļāˇාāļ¯āļē āˇāļŗāˇා āˇ්āļēāļිāļģේāļ āļāˇ āļēුāļුāļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą (āļ´්āļģāļාāˇāļą āˇිāļ¸ිāļāļ¸් āļāļŊ්āļŊංāļāļąāļē āļිāļģීāļ¸් āˇāļŗāˇා āļ¯ැāļąāļ§āļ¸āļ් āļ´āˇāļිāļą āļāˇා āˇැāļąි) āˇෝ āļāļē āˇāļ¸්āļ´ූāļģ්āļĢāļēෙāļą්āļ¸ āˇෙāļąāˇ් āˇිāļē āˇැāļිāļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą āļ´ිāˇ ිāļļāļŗāˇ āļ´āļ§ු āļ āˇāļ°ාāļąāļēāļ් āļēොāļ¸ු āļāˇ āˇැāļිāļē. āļ āļ´ āļ¯āļą්āļąා āļ´āļģිāļ¯ි āļ āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļēේ āļĸීāˇිāļāļē.
āļ
āļą්āļāļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļēෙāļą් āļāļ´ුāļ§ා āļැāļąීāļ¸āļ් āļූāļāļŊ් āļ´āļģිāˇāļģ්āļāļą āˇāˇāļē āˇāļ¸āļ.
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