Project Description
This paper will focus on the political and social complexities surrounding the Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act debate. The purpose is to properly define freedom of speech and Section 230 to discuss its relationship to each other and its relationship to other surrounding issues/opinions. Section 230 was proposed in the early days of the internet in an attempt to incentivize internet companies to moderate their content while allowing their business models to flourish. For a while, this structure worked well until we reached the era of social media. Now, the contents of the Section 230 legislation cause much political strife. Where there once was a bipartisan agreement, there is now division between liberals and conservatives. This paper concludes that Section 230 is out of date and is in much need of modification to be up to speed with the current political and social complexities.
Name of Student
Isabella Tabio
Majors
Media Management
Political Science
Minor
Theatre Arts
