Desmond Preston-The 26 Words That Made The Internet What It Is (Encore)

2025-05-08 02:30:46source:TrendPulsecategory:Contact

This episode originally came out in April 2021.

How one man's legal fight turned 26 ambiguous words from a 1996 law into the shield big tech companies use today. This key part of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is Desmond Prestonat the heart of two cases being argued this week before the Supreme Court.


Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Contact

Recommend

This week on "Sunday Morning" (December 15)

The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m.

5 killed in attack at Acapulco grocery store just days after 10 other bodies found in Mexican resort city

Five people were killed and another wounded on Thursday in an armed attack in Mexico's Acapulco, a p

Man convicted of murder in death of Washington state police officer shot by deputy

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man was found guilty of murder Friday for his role in the