From Liability to Accountability
The Ethics of Citing Section 230 to Avoid the Obligations of Running a Social Media Platform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13106191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin W Cramer (0000-0001-8240-1155, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 123-150 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Information Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2381-5892 • E-ISSN: 2158-3897 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jinfopoli.10.2020.0123 |
| OpenAlex | W3040645630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
In the United States, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides immunity from liability for Internet operators who host information submitted by their users. This article will argue that Section 230 allows firms to avoid accountability for the malfeasance that their platforms have enabled. With a focus on the ethical differences between liability (a legal concept) and accountability (an ethical concept), the article will recommend ways to compel today's social media platforms to address their responsibilities toward the proliferating misbehavior that they have enabled
Accountability · Advertising · Business · Focus (optics · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Liability · Political science · Public relations · Section (typography · Social media · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Business Law and Ethics · Computer Science · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |