The 26 words that created the internet | Extremely Online | The Spinoff
Have you ever wondered why platforms don’t get shut down when they host extremist content, why Twitter doesn’t get sued every time someone spreads misinformation, or how sites like 4Chan can even exist? It’s because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – or the 26 words that created the internet.
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Welcome to the internet, where influencers are robots, NFTs are selling for $69 million and TikTok is dictating the music industry. Our future is being determined right now – online – and it’s confusing as hell.
But we deserve to understand it, because we’re the ones living it.
Shit You Should Care About takes you Extremely Online, to explore and explain all the weird corners of the internet.
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