What is Section 230?
While being put in a group to work with many different partners, i learned that we all benefit from section 230. During the Early 1950's Section 230 was created because, of issues regarding telecommunications. In 1996 the government created a new law, revolving around section 230. The law was named the CDA, CDA is a short abbreviation for Communications Decency Act. The law was created to protect companies from being sued over the content they post on their website. This Act was created to help ensure our freedom of speech. So individuals and the companies can talk / post about what they want.
Now, there are a-lot of Pros and Cons that affect society as a whole. The pros of section 230 start with, Free Speech On the Internet, Expression without censorship from company's, Allow large internet companies to operate the way they do, such as facebook, instagram or twitter, etc. The cons of section 230 start with, The promotion of sex trafficking, Holds companies unreliable for events that would actually destroy the company if the act of 230 did not take place. Illegal and harmful activity.
To be honest i only see this as benefiting our society rather than making people not a fan of it. Section 230 has not affected me until i started to read about it. I understand what it means, but i don't believe it affects me or even relates to my life. I know that in some places in our world this has to be a burden for someone out there, but i couldn't find any information regarding new section 230 news.
During the presentation my group was the very last group to go, Group 4 (Policy) . Not all of our members came so we had to fill in the gaps for the ones that weren't there.
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