[x-pubpol] USA: ICAC celebrates 15 years of “safe harbor” protection for ISPs

[Joly MacFie]

On October 19 2011 theCongressional Internet Caucus Advisory
Committee<http://www.netcaucus.org/>(ICAC)
celebrated the 15th anniversary of Section
230<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act>
of
the Communications Decency Act (HR 1555), an addendum to the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was Section 230 that introduced the rule
of “safe harbor” for Internet Providers. The Q&A involves some high level
discussion of the current state of Internet freedom.
Video<http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2011/sec230/>

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