Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 230 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 230 : US Code - Notes

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, Sec. 230, as added Pub. L. 104-
104, title V, Sec. 509, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 137; amended Pub.
L. 105-277, div. C, title XIV, Sec. 1404(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112
Stat. 2681-739.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, referred to in
subsec. (e)(4), is Pub. L. 99-508, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1848,
as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title of 1986 Amendment note set out under section 2510
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section 509 of Pub. L. 104-104, which directed amendment of title
II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) by
adding section 230 at end, was executed by adding the section at
end of part I of title II of the Act to reflect the probable intent
of Congress and amendments by sections 101(a), (b), and 151(a) of
Pub. L. 104-104 designating Secs. 201 to 229 as part I and adding
parts II (Sec. 251 et seq.) and III (Sec. 271 et seq.) to title II
of the Act.
AMENDMENTS
1998 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1404(a)(3), added
subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1404(a)(1), inserted "or
231" after "section 223".
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1404(a)(2), redesignated
subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 105-277 effective 30 days after Oct. 21,
1998, see section 1406 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as a note under
section 223 of this title.
(!1) So in original. Probably should be "subparagraph (A)."