IGF-USA 2020
Over the past few months, the Internet has grown to be even more essential to our lives in ways that […]
Recent Congressional legislation and hearings have touched on the meaning of “otherwise objectionable” in the provision of federal law, Section 230, that encourages online intermediaries to moderate and remove problematic third-party content. Specifically: if Section 230(c)(2)(A) of the Telecommunications Act incentivizes digital services to “restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable” — what does “otherwise objectionable” mean? (more…)
