How ’90s porn led to the internet’s foundational law

Section 230, explained In a collaboration with Retro Report, Open Sourced by Vox looks at how today’s heated political arguments over censorship and disinformation online began with a 26-word snippet of a law known as Section 230. Both Democrats and Republicans want it changed, but what would that mean for the future of the Internet? Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network: This video was created in partnership with Retro Report, a nonprofit news organization exploring the history and context behind today’s headlines. To watch more, subscribe to the Retro Report newsletter and follow Retro Report on YouTube and Twitter. Open Sourced is a year-long reporting project from Recode by Vox that goes deep into the closed ecosystems of data, privacy, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Learn more at This project is made possible by the Omidyar Network. All Open Sourced content is editorially independent and produced by our journalists. Watch all episodes of Open Sourced right here on YouTube: Become a part of the Open Sourced Reporting Network and help our reporting. Join here: Subscribe to our channel! is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out . Watch our full video catalog: Follow Vox on Facebook: Or Twitter: