The Communications Decency Act (CDA) is Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was enacted when the internet was just making its way into US homes. 26 words found in that act protect internet sites from the being held responsible for content created by their users. The fate of Section 230 of the (CDA) is now in the hands of the US Supreme Court Justices.

Associate Profess of Law Alan Rozenshtein joins us to explain Section 230 and offer his insight on what the court might decide.

Alan Z. Rozenshtein is Associate Professor of Law at University of Minnesota. He is a senior editor at Lawfare, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Scholars Strategy Network, and a visiting faculty fellow at the University of Nebraska College of Law. He was previously an affiliate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

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