<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default">These essays are a great gathering of viewpoints on the intractable, and topical, issue of content rules. For instance, Sylvain argues for "substantial retooling' of §230 to include good faith provisions, Grimmelmann is equivocal, citing Godel: "no social system can be both consistent and completely tolerant" but notes that, as other jurisdictions increasingly legislate, §230's influence is diminishing, while Zittrain cautions against messing with §230's bright line.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><u></u>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://g.co/kgs/aet2BY" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_-8195388915557192030size-full gmail-m_-8195388915557192030wp-image-9625" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit.svg_.png" alt="Zeran v. America Online, Inc." style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>November 10 2017</strong> <strong>Eric Goldman</strong> and <strong>Jeff Kossoff</strong> published <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/10/commemorating-the-20th-anniversary-of-internet-laws-most-important-judicial-decision/" target="_blank">Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Internet Law’s Most Important Judicial Decision</a></strong> to mark the 20th anniversary of <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeran_v._America_Online,_Inc." target="_blank">Zeran v. AOL</a></strong>, a landmark decision by the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://g.co/kgs/aet2BY" target="_blank">Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals</a></strong> that clarified and defined <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title47/USCODE-2011-title47-chap5-subchapII-partI-sec230/content-detail.html" target="_blank">47 U.S.C. §230</a></strong> aka <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)">Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act</a> </strong>which established the principle of immunity from liability for 'intermediary' providers e.g. ISPs. The article notes</p>
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