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Section 230

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. Section 230), which prevents a provider or user of an interactive computer service from being treated as the publisher or speaker of information provided by another information content provider, historically shielding online platforms from most lawsuits over user-posted content.

Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist.

How each discipline defines it

The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.

The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. Section 230), which prevents a provider or user of an interactive computer service from being treated as the publisher or speaker of information provided by another information content provider, historically shielding online platforms from most lawsuits over user-posted content.

Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations

The federal law that generally shields online platforms from liability for content posted by their users. The May 2025 Character.AI ruling held this shield did not clearly apply to the company's own chatbot outputs.

The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist

The federal statute generally shielding online platforms from liability for content posted by their users; its application to AI-generated or AI-curated content is an unsettled legal question this program tracks but does not resolve.

The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist

Shorthand for 47 U.S.C. Section 230, the federal statute that shields online platforms from liability for third-party content; courts have increasingly held that it does not extend to a platform's own AI-generated output, treating that output as the company's own speech or product.

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Terms it appears with

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