The Supreme Court now has before it three issues of profound importance for the future of Internet speech.
- First up: How broad is the immunity, set forth in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, that protects Internet platforms against liability claims arising from content posted by third parties?
- Second: To what extent does the 1st Amendment protect the content-moderation decisions made by those platforms?
- And finally: To what extent may individual States impose controls over the content and conduct of Internet sites managed by out-of-State actors?
These are Big Questions for Internet law, and I'll have a great deal more to say about them over the next several weeks and months; consider this an introduction.
