Appeals Court Agrees to Review Decision on Big Tech’s Section 230 Immunity

Appeals Court Agrees to Review Decision on Big Tech’s Section 230 Immunity
The US Court of Appeals building in New York on July 10, 2012 Bjoertvedt via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
Mark Tapscott
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A little-watched civil rights case that threatens Silicon Valley’s Section 230 immunity moved forward on July 16, as an appeals court agreed to review a lower court’s decision.

The U.S. Appeals Court for the 2nd Circuit in New York agreed to review a lower court’s ruling that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) protects big tech companies such as Vimeo from civil rights liability in censorship cases.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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