What Are the Beneﬁts and Potential Costs of Modiﬁcation?
Modiﬁcation of CDA 230 overcomes many of the deﬁciencies that are likely to
hinder a regulatory or court-driven approach to the challenges posed by
political disinformation. Importantly, exposing an “interactive computer
service” to liability for illegal acts taken by users modiﬁes the overall structure
of incentives by shifting the burden to the platform. In essence, rather than
specifying a detailed set of actions that should be taken to address
disinformation, the government would set a priority about the activity to be
minimized and delegate the decisions about how to achieve that end to the
platform.
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