By Patrick J. Carome and Cary A. Glynn | November 10, 2017
Zeran v. AOL may not be a household name, but it is the Internet's most important landmark ruling. This seminal court case, which was the first…
By Brian L. Frye | November 10, 2017
Both fans and foes of Zeran assume that its interpretation of §230 changed the scope of liability for ISPs under the common law republication rule. Author Brian L. Frye isn't so sure.
By Eric Goldman | November 10, 2017
More than 20 years later, it seems unlikely this case of cyber-harassment or “e-personation” will ever be solved.
By Gavin Sutter | November 10, 2017
When President Clinton signed the Communication Decency Act, online pornography—and not defamation—was the focus of debate. However, in Reno v. American…
By James Grimmelmann | November 10, 2017
The thrust and parry of arguments about when online speech should stay up or come down recapitulate well-worn arguments about when offline speech should or shouldn't be allowed.
By Laura A. Heymann | November 10, 2017
Section 230 of the CDA continues to be the right policy choice, but it is up to us to be critical readers, calling out untruths, highlighting and promoting that which is reliable and discrediting that which is not.
By Jonathan Zittrain | November 10, 2017
Twenty years after it was first litigated in earnest, the U.S. Communications Decency Act's §230 remains both obscure and vital.
By Jeff Kosseff | November 10, 2017
The outcome in 'Zeran v. America Online' is not entirely a result of the facts of the case. Section 230 caselaw might look very different today had other judges been assigned to 'Zeran v. America Online'.
By Ann Bartow | November 10, 2017
Section 230 takes free speech-rooted disregard for people and their feelings, and ramps it up a few notches, immunizing online media companies from liability for hosting not only anything the First Amendment protects, but also from the reach of most of the very limited speech restrictions that First Amendment jurisprudence disdainfully tolerates.
By Cathy Gellis | November 10, 2017
They say that bad facts make bad law. What makes 'Zeran v. AOL' stand as a seminal case in §230 jurisprudence is that its bad facts didn't.
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