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Civic Information in the Algorithm Age
For nearly two centuries, the local newspaper of general circulation functioned as a civic utility: the legally designated, commercially viable, geographically bounded channel through which government communicated with residents, fulfilled its due process obligations, and submitted to public scrutiny. That system is collapsing. What is replacing it — chiefly Facebook — is not a modernization. It is a structural regression that systematically fails the residents who most depend on civic information access.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been called "the twenty-six words that created the internet." Enacted in 1996, this law shields online platforms from liability for user-generated content while encouraging good-faith content moderation. Three decades later, it has become one of the most contested provisions in American technology policy, with both Republicans and Democrats calling for reform—but for fundamentally different reasons.