USTPC Panel on Section 230 of Communications Decency Act, November 18, 2020

Election Day 2020 may be behind us, but whether and how to change US law and policy to require communications platform operators like Facebook and Twitter to more actively regulate what their users can post online, and what kind of speech they may or may not limit, will be front and center in the next Congress and Administration.

For decades, platforms’ responsibility—and legal liability—has been governed by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM EST, ACM’s US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) convened a panel of experts from to learn more about this key law and participate in a deep-dive discussion of how courts have interpreted Section 230, why policymakers are calling for its repeal or amendment, and what effect the President’s May 28, 2020 Executive Order concerning social media platforms may have.