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ABA’s Our Curious Amalgam Podcast: Is It Time to Rethink Section 230? The Debate Over the Liability Exemption for Internet Platforms

March 15, 2021

O’Melveny partner and former Twitter Deputy General Counsel Tod Cohen sat down with hosts of the American Bar Association’s Our Curious Amalgam podcast to discuss Section 230, a CDA provision whose critics say goes too far in insulating online giants from civil liability for third-party content. Cohen discusses linkages between Section 230 and growing antitrust scrutiny of big tech, and why debate over the two subjects isn’t going away any time soon.

Listen to the podcast episode here.