The debate over the law known as Section 230 has reached a fever pitch with the Supreme Court recently agreeing to hear cases involving the liability of tech platforms for the user-generated content they host. Section 230, for all the misunderstanding there is about it, is rather simple. The law basically says that you and only you are liable for what you say online and not necessarily the people who host it or share it, with some limited exceptions. If Elon Musk is indeed going to buy Twitter, he’s going to need Section 230 more than anyone.
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