...Communications Decency Act (CD A). The Act incorporated the "Good Samaritan" provision which declared that "[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer...information provided by another information content provider."34 The effect of the "Good Samaritan" provision was to create a "safe harbor" for ISPs by...

...Samaritan' Blocking and Screening of Offensive Material."180 Paragraph (1) of Section 230(c) provides: "TREATMENT OF PUBLISHER OR SPEAKER. —No provider...provided by another information content provider." 1(U Paragraph (2) of Section 230(c) provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service...

...SAMARITAN' BLOCKING AND SCREENING OF OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.— "(1) TREATMENT OF PUBLISHER OR SPEAKER.—No provider or user of an interactive computer service...by another information content provider. "(2) CIVIL LIABILITY.—No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account...

...Thanks to the "Good Samaritan" provision, no provider or user of an interactive computer service will be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information...provided by another information content provider. In addition, no provider or user of an interactive computer service will be held liable on account...

...SAMARITAN" BLOCKING AND SCREENING OF OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.— (1) TREATMENT OF PUBLISHER OR SPEAKER.—No provider or user of an interactive computer service...by another information content provider. (2) CIVIL LIABILITY.—No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account...

...140-158. the content. The CDA's section 230(c)(l), amending the Communications Act of 1934, states, "[No] provider or user of an interactive computer...provided by another information content provider." Several European countries have adopted or proposed legislation limiting the liability of access providers...

...drastically relieves Internet Providers from liability for defamation originating from third parties: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service...provided by another information content provider" (47 USC 230 (c) (1)). This privilege is available to Internet Providers regardless of their knowledge....

...See, eg, 129 F.3d 327,322 (4th Gir. 1997). 27. Section 230 of the CDA provides, in pertinent part: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service...provided by another information content provider." 47 USC, sec.230(c)(l). 28. 129F.3dat330. 29. Id. "Another important purpose of § 230," the court wrote,...

...Communications Act [10]. Of these authorities, the most important is the Act and its declaration that " [no] provider or user of an interactive computer service...provided by another information content provider" [11]. This terse statutory language raises at least two issues: first, the scope of the class of persons...

...for "interactive computer service" providers against liability for defamation. The CDA states that "[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer...information provided by another information content provider."1" America Online has invoked this protection successfully in recent cases to avoid liability...