Platform Liability

A topic within Technology & Data Law, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Law.

Reading on Platform Liability

2 works

Report1996

Communications Decency Act, Section 230

United States Congress

Immunises online platforms from liability for content posted by their users and for good-faith moderation of that content, a rule credited with enabling user-generated content at internet scale.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

Law · Technology & Data Law

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Paper2017

The Internet Will Not Break: Denying Bad Samaritans Section 230 Immunity

Danielle Keats Citron & Benjamin Wittes

Argues platforms should lose Section 230 immunity when they fail to take reasonable steps against clearly unlawful content, rejecting the view that any obligation to moderate would break the provision's purpose.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

Law · Technology & Data Law

FreeIntermediate