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Character.AI litigation in US spotlights questions about AI, Section 230

By Mike Swift ( October 21, 2025, 21:58 GMT | Comment) -- For more than a decade, critics of the broad legal protections for interactive online platforms provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act have argued the law is too broad, was designed for a phase of the early internet that has passed, and should be reformed. That debate has revolved around social media platforms like Instagram, X and YouTube, but US litigation over AI chatbots could force courts and lawmakers to answer the question of whether Section 230's broad legal protections apply to generative AI.Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the cover it provides for internet platforms has been one of the most fraught legal battlegrounds in US regulation of social media companies over the past five years. AI may soon enter the fray....

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