Jeff Kosseff: What Exactly Is Section 230 and Why Was It So Essential in the Creation of the Internet?

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Jeff Kosseff: What Exactly Is Section 230 and Why Was It So Essential in the Creation of the Internet?

Andrew Keen

Nov 18, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Jeff Kosseff, author of The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech.

Jeff Kosseff is Associate Professor in the United States Naval Academy’s Cyber Science Department and author of the bestselling book, The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and the recipient of the George Polk Award in National Reporting.

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