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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Age Gates, Young Learners, and Student Safety · Bonus: AI for Educators, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- Translating Corporate AI Risk into Policy Talking Points · Business and Industry Representation, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- AI Liability: Product Liability, Section 230, and Tort Evolution · Legal Frameworks and Liability Navigation, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- The Liability Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy · Legal Frameworks and Liability Navigation, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.