There are many problems with the way companies collect, use, share, and sell data in the modern world. At the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the leading advocacy organization for digital rights, we think a lot about solutions to those problems and ways to improve digital privacy. The way the technology industry, and even most privacy regulation, […]
In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) with Section 230, which states that United States policy is to “encourage the development of the Internet and other interactive computer services” and to “empower parents to restrict their children’s access to objectionable or inappropriate online material.”
Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed a piece of legislation which made little if any splash. As policy areas such as content moderation, privacy, and online safety drifted into the mainstream conversation here in Washington, this legislation—Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—came to be recognized for what it is: the legislation which created the modern […]
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The Debate on Internet Regulations
/in Gloria's Column, Regulating the internet /by Gloria Story DittusThe debate over internet regulations and protecting online users has been a growing concern among policymakers and regulators, especially today, when so much of our lives are digital. As tech giants have continued to grow in influence and power, conversations have centered around the need to update internet regulations that are adapted to the modern-day […]