Sentence examples for interactive computer services from inspiring English sources

The CDA shields interactive computer services like MySpace from liability for content created by third parties.

Section 230 holds that providers of "interactive computer services" cannot be held liable for the content that users post on their sites.

The Internet and other interactive computer services have flourished, to the benefit of all Americans, with a minimum of government regulation.

The Internet and other interactive computer services offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.

The ruling, by Judge Stuart R. Pollak, cites a section of a 1996 federal law, the Communications Decency Act, which says that interactive computer services are not liable for material published on their networks.

Last spring, Quiznos and iFilm tried to claim they should not be liable for user-generated content because of the Communications Decency Act, which immunizes "providers" of "interactive computer services" from responsibility for user postings on their sites.

Facebook fulfills this first part because, as an "interactive computer service", it provides a platform for users to interact and connect with each other and for advertisers to reach out to a large user base.

Furthermore, the courts deemed that Metrosplash was not a content provider, but just an interactive computer service.

This means, legal experts add, that the more an online service monitors its users, the more it looks like an editor instead of a neutral interactive computer service.

Section 230 was established as part of the CDA in 1996 and it protects internet service providers and various "interactive computer service providers" that publishes 3rd party content.

Zeran v. America Online, Inc. established that this immunity from liability continues even after an interactive computer service has been notified of an allegedly defamatory or threatening post.