Section 230 and the Need for Change, With Andrew Bolson

03/31/21 • 30 min

Andrew Bolson, privacy lawyer advocating for Section 230 reform, joins Ellysse and Ashley to evaluate the need for Section 230 reform in order to protect consumers and limit online abuse, suggest what form that should take, and explain the risks of taking a subjective approach to reforming online intermediary liability.

Mentioned

Andrew P. Bolson, “Flawed But Fixable: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act at 20,” Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal 42 (2016).
Andrew P. Bolson, “Moderate the Hate: A Scoring System to Grade the Content Moderation Policies & Safety Procedures of Websites” (2020).

Related

Ashley Johnson and Daniel Castro, “Proposals to Reform Section 230” (ITIF, February 2021).

03/31/21 • 30 min

Ellysse and Ashley Break the Internet - Section 230 and the Need for Change, With Andrew Bolson

Transcript

Andrew Bolson: All right, are we getting lost here? Are we forgetting what this is all about? Because this all got started because people’s lives are being impacted.

Ellysse Dick: Welcome to Ellysse and Ashley Break the Internet, a series where we’re exploring the ins and outs of Section 230, a law that has shaped how users interact on an open Internet. I’m Ellysse Dick, Research Fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. We ar

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