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Jeff Kosseff: Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act made possible the explosive growth of the modern internet. He says Section 230 shielded internet platforms from liability for false or defamatory information posted by users. The law passed with almost no attention whatsoever, he says, but no one really thought very much about what impact it would be of the internet. Kossef: Without Section 230, Twitter, Reddit and other corners of cyberspace became places where billions of people felt free to say whatever they wanted.