{"source":{"name":"The Evidence Hub - on the regulation of digital services","url":"https:\/\/evidencehub.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[967,1640,1033,277,343,76,47],"name":"European Union"},{"data":[1576,3362,2337,988,1801,469,410],"name":"United States"}],"_data":[["Funding amount","European Union","United States"],["None","967","1576"],["<1m","1640","3362"],["1m-5m","1033","2337"],["5m-10m","277","988"],["10m-50m","343","1801"],["10m-100m","76","469"],[">100m","47","410"]],"labels":{"name":"Funding amount","values":["None","<1m","1m-5m","5m-10m","10m-50m","10m-100m",">100m"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/copia.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSTMB-Copia.pdf","type":"Problem","unit":"Number of companies","year":"2019","title":"Internet Platform Funding Comparison: European Union and United States","topic":"Illegal Content","method":"Administrative data","source":"Masnick, Michael. \"Don't Shoot the Message Board. How Intermediary Liability Harms Online Investment and Innovation,\"  Copia Institute and NetChoice, June 2019","sub_topic":"Removal of illegal content","chart_number":"155","geographical":"Global"},"description":"This chart shows a funding gap in the European Union compared to the United States. The data refers to a 15-year time horizon, considering companies formed after 01 January 2000 up until the end of 2014. The results suggest that a US-based company, under the framework set forth by the Communications Decency Act, Section 230, is five times more likely to secure investment over $10 million and nearly 10 times more likely to receive investments over $100 million, as compared to internet companies in the European Union, under the more limited E-Commerce Directive. Therefore, the internet platform companies built under the Communications Decency Act, Section 230 regime are much more likely to receive the significant investment necessary to grow and succeed."}