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takedown and intermediary liability laws

This section discusses intermediary liability laws, which form the legal
backdrop for content-moderation discussions. As we explain, these laws
determine when and how platforms are legally required to remove content.
Following a brief legal analysis, we show how such laws operate in practice with
the help of one particularly thorough study: “Notice and takedown in everyday
practice” (Urban, Karaganis, and Schoﬁeld 2016).

Intermediary Liability Laws
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