Sex, Drugs, and Rock Roll: Effectively and Equitably Moderating Vice and Illegal Content Online

The modern internet is vast, with more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created every day. Content is created, uploaded, downloaded, and shared across an increasingly large number of platforms. Most of this content is legal; however, some is illegal, including hate speech, child sexual abuse mater...

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Published in:	Vanderbilt law review 2023-05, Vol.76 (4), p.1265-1298
Main Author:	Blegen, Elise Nicole
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Child pornography Child sexual abuse Content management Content provider Evaluation Human trafficking Intellectual property law Internet access Internet pornography Laws, regulations and rules Liability Pedophilia Privileges and immunities Sex crimes Sex industry Sexual abuse Telecommunications policy User generated content Websites
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Summary:	The modern internet is vast, with more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created every day. Content is created, uploaded, downloaded, and shared across an increasingly large number of platforms. Most of this content is legal; however, some is illegal, including hate speech, child sexual abuse material, and content that violates intellectual property rights. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ("CDA") provides that websites are not liable for content posted to their platform by third parties. Instead, websites determine their own content moderation policies, and the law assumes that they will do just that (given that exposure to graphic or otherwise upsetting content deters the average user).
ISSN:	0042-2533 1942-9886