The tech website The Verge has announced it will be holding a Live Online Event on Monday, March 1st at 2pm ET / 11am PT to talk about Section 230 and the future of tech regulation.
Section 230, which turned 25 years old this February, has played a central role in shaping the internet. Over the past year, Congress has introduced several proposals to change the law — some of them drastic — but the bills have often focused on a handful of very large tech companies like Facebook and Google. In reality, Section 230 has created a lot of the web as we know it.
“Fixing Section 230 Without Breaking the Internet” will kick off with a keynote from US Sen. Amy Klobuchar, when she will speak broadly about reining in big tech, her vision for antitrust enforcement, and her new bill that touches on 230 reform, the SAFE TECH Act. Next, The Verge’s Senior Reporter Adi Robertson will be sitting down with Wikimedia Foundation general counsel Amanda Keton, Vimeo general counsel Michael Cheah, and writer and strategist Sydette Harry to discuss the real-world implications of 230 reform: what’s being considered, the universe of potential outcomes, and the ramifications for individuals and businesses.
You can sign up for the live online event here.
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