Here’s the Truth About Section 230

Those Congressmen most likely also would not have thought that Section 230 would end up, 25 years later on, ending up being a central sticking point in the argument over totally free speech online. On this episode of Gadget Lab, WIRED senior politics reporter Gilad Edelman joins us yet again to talk about the details of Section 230. We also talk about the Facebook Oversight Committees ruling about the companys decision to temporarily prohibit president Trump from the platform.Show NotesRead Gilads cover story about Section 230 here.

Those Congressmen probably likewise would not have actually thought that Section 230 would end up, 25 years later on, becoming a central sticking point in the argument over free speech online. On this episode of Gadget Lab, WIRED senior politics reporter Gilad Edelman joins us yet again to talk about the particulars of Section 230. We also talk about the Facebook Oversight Committees judgment about the companys decision to temporarily prohibit president Trump from the platform.Show NotesRead Gilads cover story about Section 230 here.