---
title: "Record who supplied the words on the page"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/summarise-an-online-harm-takedown-pathway/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A33-B7-5-US"
practice_area: "Defamation & Media Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record who supplied the words on the page

> List the URL, the date, and whether the capture shows who supplied the words. Add no step that tells a platform to remove the words.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/summarise-an-online-harm-takedown-pathway/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Defamation & Media Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the URL, the date, and whether the capture shows who supplied the words. Add no step that tells a platform to remove the words. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide any removal step. 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1) provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. On the text used, that sentence is not a duty to take material down. Section 230(f)(3) defines an information content provider as any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service. Read the exceptions in § 230 before you advise that subsection (c)(1) applies. Civil Code § 45 remains the California definition of libel if the claim is defamation. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise an online-harm takedown pathway](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/summarise-an-online-harm-takedown-pathway.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the URL, the date, and whether the capture shows who supplied the words. Add no step that tells a platform to remove the words.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 230(c)(1) is not, on the text used, a takedown duty. This record is not a request that a platform remove the words.
- A different task indexes a removal request the lawyer is already drafting. This one adds no removal step.

## Sources

- [47 U.S.C. § 230 (protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 45 (libel defined)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=45) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*