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Ron Wyden: “Numerous experts obviously have pointed out that Section 230 was absolutely necessary to bring our legal system into the…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
Numerous experts obviously have pointed out that Section 230 was absolutely necessary to bring our legal system into the 21st century.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden defends Section 230 as essential for modernizing legal frameworks for the Internet.

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