Samantha Zipper
Samantha Zipper

Samantha Zipper is a second-year law student at New York University School of Law. At NYU, she serves as the Vice President of I-Prep, Mentorship Chair for First Generation Professionals, as a Staff Editor for the Journal of Law and Social Change, and as a Teaching Assistant for first year Contracts. Prior to attending law school, Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a dual degree in public relations and sociology.

Columns by Samantha Zipper
Another Strike Against § 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Courts Allowing § 230 to Trump Federal and State Public Accommodations Protections

NYU law professor Samuel Estreicher and 2L Samantha Zipper describe how several courts have invoked Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a basis for limiting rights against discrimination in public accommodations. Estreicher and Zipper argue that as American society moves increasingly online, § 230 must be read more narrowly, with goals of safeguarding individual civil rights in an already prolific internet sector.