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The '''Communications Act of 1934''' is a law signed on June 19, 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt.  The act replaced the Federal Radio Commission with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] as well as transferred regulation of telephone services from the [[Interstate_Commerce_Commission|ICC]] to the newly created [[FCC]].

The '''Communications Act of 1934''' is a law signed on June 19, 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt.  The act replaced the Federal Radio Commission with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] as well as transferred regulation of telephone services from the [[Interstate_Commerce_Commission|ICC]] to the newly created [[FCC]].  The act was updated in 1996 through the '''Communications Decency Act'''.

One section of the law, 230, was created as part of a 1996 update to the law in order to include references to the Internet.  This section provides a legal "safe harbor" for content systems that host third party user content.  Several prominent conservative legislators have taken aim at section 230 of the CDA as a way to resolve [[Shadow banning]] and censorship of conservative voices by online platforms.  [[Facebook]] is an example of this.

The Communications Decency Act added section 230, which provides a legal "safe harbor" for content systems that host third party user content.  Several prominent conservative legislators have taken aim at section 230 of the CDA as a way to resolve [[Shadow banning]] and censorship of conservative voices by online platforms.  [[Facebook]] is an example of this.

 

[[Category: United States Law]]

[[Category: United States Law]]