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<![endif]--> <table class="container" lang="container" dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="width:100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="message-wrapper" style="color:#222;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <!--[if mso]><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="border-collapse:separate;"><tr><td valign="top"><![endif]--> <div dir="ltr">The law is Section 230 (or s230), Communications Decency Act 1996, which insulates platform holders from legal reprisals based on the things we say and do online. Think of it as a near-universal get-out-of- jail-free card for websites that host content that may be defamatory or obscene.<div><br></div><div>Dr. Corynne McSherry, legal director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, did testify before the house Energy and Commerce Committee last year to defend s230. She explained: "If you have ever forwarded an email -- whether a news article, a party invitation or birth announcement -- you have done so with the protection of Section 230."</div><div><br></div><div>If Section 230 is killed without proper thought to what comes next, then big chunks of the internet will become unusable. Dr. McSherry, in testimony, said that platforms like Facebook would have to use "extreme caution in their moderation" to limit their own liability. That would mean censoring everything and anything that could prompt a legal challenge or shutting down comment threads entirely.<div><br></div><div></div></div><div>Smaller sites, which "don't have the ability to absorb the litigation costs like Facebook does," and lack the money to implement comprehensive moderation, will be in serious jeopardy. <br></div><div><br></div><div> <!--[if mso]>
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