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“What a mess.”

Legal writer Eric Goldman pens his expert take on the state of internet law going into the new year, including generative AI, online speech, and Section 230:

Section 230 is on the extinction watch list in 2025. I will be shocked if it survives to see 2026. If you don’t already have a Section 230 tattoo, now is probably not the time to get one.

The silver lining is that I have a “no monuments to the living” tattoo policy, so apparently it’s exactly the right time.

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