The importance of Section 230 is best demonstrated by the lesser-known cases that escape the headlines. To help fill this gap, Internet Association (IA) analyzed more than 500 decisions from the past two decades involving Section 230 in order to better understand, in practice, the variety of parties using the law, how the law is being used, and how courts apply it. Despite the extensive current policy discussion around the law, there is limited research about how Section 230 is actually used in the courts writ large. Section 230 is the law most responsible for the modern internet.
