Verge editor-in-chief and Vergecast host
Nilay
Patel joins
Matt in this special crossover
episode to explain what Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which
allows platforms to circumnavigate liability for user content, really means.
They also discuss Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to break up big tech platforms,
and how it may or may not fix anything.
Recommended reading:https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/21/18700605/section-230-internet-law-
twenty-six-words-that-created-the-internet-jeff-kosseff-interview" target="new">Why the internet's most important law exists and how
people are still getting it
wrong by Alex
Castro
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20692524/facebook-five-billion-ftc-
fine-embarrassing-joke" target="new">Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing
joke by Nilay Patel
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