Citizen Media Law Project Launches Page Devoted to Section 230 of the CDA: CMLP launched a new page that aggregates everything on our site relating to section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ("Section 230"), the important federal statute that protects operators of websites and other interactive computer services from liability for publishing the statements of third-parties. The page includes detailed background on Section 230, links to our legal guide and feeds showing recent legal threats from our database, blog posts, and news from across the Web. You can check out the new page here.

Citizen Media Law Project Leads Amicus Effort Promoting Rights of Anonymous Speakers: In a case involving important First Amendment rights, the CMLP joined a number of media and advocacy organizations, including Gannett Co., Hearst Corporation, Illinois Press Association, Online News Association, Public Citizen, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Tribune Company, in asking an Illinois appellate court to protect the rights of anonymous speakers online by imposing procedural safeguards before requiring that their identities be disclosed. More information is available here.