From the legendary Kids Can't Use Computers blog post: The fact that this still applies to policymakers 8 years later is quite depressing. Add in all the bad policy that was written prior to 2013...
Without reference to Wikipedia, can you tell me what the difference is between The Internet, The World Wide Web, a web-browser and a search engine?
If you can't, then you have no right to be making decisions that affect my use of these technologies. Try it out. Do your friends know the difference? Do you?
The fact that this still applies to policymakers 8 years later is quite depressing. Add in all the bad policy that was written prior to 2013 as well (see 1996 telecom act and DMCA), and it's no wonder internet law is a mess.
I find this article a very well-made classification of the attack vectors on CDA 230, which is the most important law enabling today's Internet, i.e., the Internet where user-generated content...
I find this article a very well-made classification of the attack vectors on CDA 230, which is the most important law enabling today's Internet, i.e., the Internet where user-generated content plays a crucial role.
It is, however, not true, that there will be no Internet without CDA 230 (or with any ‘modificastion’ thereof that will make user-generated content and/or moderation litigation-prone). Many sites, e.g., nearly all corporate sites, will remain—they will “only” have to scrap comment sections, sometimes allowing letters to the editor. I also have to note that if the ‘algorithmic’ attack vector succeeds, then even search engines will become litigation-prone (not just Google, all of them).
From the legendary Kids Can't Use Computers blog post:
The fact that this still applies to policymakers 8 years later is quite depressing. Add in all the bad policy that was written prior to 2013 as well (see 1996 telecom act and DMCA), and it's no wonder internet law is a mess.
I find this article a very well-made classification of the attack vectors on CDA 230, which is the most important law enabling today's Internet, i.e., the Internet where user-generated content plays a crucial role.
It is, however, not true, that there will be no Internet without CDA 230 (or with any ‘modificastion’ thereof that will make user-generated content and/or moderation litigation-prone). Many sites, e.g., nearly all corporate sites, will remain—they will “only” have to scrap comment sections, sometimes allowing letters to the editor. I also have to note that if the ‘algorithmic’ attack vector succeeds, then even search engines will become litigation-prone (not just Google, all of them).