Feb. 6, 2026
Silicon Valley's next play on Section 230
Section 230 turns 30 with bipartisan enemies in Congress, courts steadily chipping away at its protections, and the Silicon Valley giants it made possible refusing to come to its defense.
Debates about the future of Section 230 include powerful but unusually quiet players: the Silicon Valley technology companies that gained the most in the years after its passage.
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and YouTube, and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, did not exist at the time the law was signed. Both thrived under the statutory regime but declined this week to comment on the 30th anniversary of the statute and its future.
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