A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page on Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Ore. The company built on quickly finding answers to people’s questions suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant search engine. Microsoft’s assault combined with concerns Google’s ability to ward it off contributed to a nearly 8% decline in the stock price of Google’s corporate parent Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in a selloff that wiped out more than $100 billion in shareholder wealth. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page on Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Ore. The company built on quickly finding answers to people’s questions suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant search engine. Microsoft’s assault combined with concerns Google’s ability to ward it off contributed to a nearly 8% decline in the stock price of Google’s corporate parent Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in a selloff that wiped out more than $100 billion in shareholder wealth. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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Supreme Court Justices heard arguments that could upend Section 230, which has been called the law that created the internet.
A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page on Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Ore. The company built on quickly finding answers to people’s questions suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant search engine. Microsoft’s assault combined with concerns Google’s ability to ward it off contributed to a nearly 8% decline in the stock price of Google’s corporate parent Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in a selloff that wiped out more than $100 billion in shareholder wealth. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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According to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, internet platforms can’t be responsible for what users post on their site. But a new lawsuit could change that.
Reset learns more about the limitations of that law, and how overturning it could impact future social media activity.
GUEST: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter covering Google, algorithms and ransomware for The Washington Post
