Communications Decency Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Communications_Decency_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects online platforms
Internet service providers
content moderation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:CDA
gptkbp:citation gptkb:47_U.S.C._§_230
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor civil liberties groups
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1996
gptkbp:defendedIn some lawmakers
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Communications Decency Act
gptkbp:influencedBy concerns about online pornography
gptkbp:legacy Section 230 remains in effect
gptkbp:overturnedSections provisions on indecency and obscenity
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
gptkbp:prohibits transmission of obscene or indecent materials to minors
gptkbp:provides Section 230 immunity
gptkbp:purpose regulate indecency and obscenity on the Internet
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:censorship
freedom of speech
Section 230 debate
online liability
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_230
Section 223
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Bill_Clinton
February 8, 1996
gptkbp:struck gptkb:Reno_v._American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:struckDownYear 1997
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
gptkb:CDA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5