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So, where does Silicon Valley stand on S.230? Zuck wants 'industry best practices', Pichai demurs, Dorsey urges more Bluesky thinking

House panel to quiz web giant CEOs this week. Expect a degree of deja vu

Failed insurrection aside, Biden is going to be president in two weeks. What does it mean for tech policy?

Comment We may finally get that privacy legislation, net neutrality

Trump's overhaul of Section 230 stalls, Biden may just throw the web legal shield on the bonfire anyway

FCC won't mull law reform this month

Cloudflare, Dropbox, Reddit and friends launch Section 230 compromise coalition as change seems inevitable

De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled

FCC sucked deeper into partisan politics, Trumpism: Nominated commissioner sparks conflict-of-interest row

Analysis Will Section 230 become the new net neutrality?

US Supreme Court Justice flames lower courts for giving 'sweeping immunity' to Facebook, YouTube, etc when it comes to harmful content

Analysis Clarence Thomas reckons web giants need to do more to curb abuse

Uncle Sam's legal eagles finally make up their mind on internet giants' Get Out Of Jail Free card – and it's not as bad as you may fear

Analysis Proposed Section 230 overhaul shockingly free of hyperbole

US senators propose yet another problematic Section 230 shakeup: As long as someone says it on the web, you can't hide it away

Analysis Three Republicans take stab at 'objective reasonableness'

Hold on to your hats, Net Neutrality version 2 is on its way courtesy of Trump and the FCC's moves on Section 230

Comment Astroturfing, political posturing, invective. Exactly what internet policy needs

With the US election coming up, when better to petition regulators for a controversial way to chill online speech?

Guess what? Literally everyone thinks this is a terrible idea

Section 230 authors despair of Trump, Barr, Biden, US Congress’ aggressive ignorance of critical tech law

Look, we wrote it! You're all wrong!

For years, the internet giants have held on dear to their get-out-of-jail-free card. Here are those trying to take that away

Analysis Soon it'll be known as Section 230 because there are 230 suggested solutions to overhaul it

Section 230 supporters turn on it, its critics rely on it. Up is down, black is white in the crazy world of US law

Meanwhile Facebook appears to have shot itself in the foot

Malwarebytes back to square one as appeals court rules blocking rival antivirus maker isn't on

Section 230 has legal eagles split over censorship

IBM torches Big Tech's get-out-of-jail-free card, says websites should be held responsible for netizen-posted content

Analysis Make life hell for cloud giants hiding behind Section 230 – oh sh... did we say that out loud, says Big Blue

Backpage.com execs cling to First Amendment in court over sex trafficking case

Oral arguments on Tuesday in case that broke Section 230

Facebook won't nuke deepfakes? OK, let's tear up those precious legal protections from user-posted content, then

Lawmakers threaten to rewrite rules that shield sites from netizens' dodgy uploads

At last, sex trafficking brought to an end with US House vote on new internet law (Yeah, right)

Analysis It's a dog's dinner that could cripple websites

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