The law has protected Facebook and other social media giants from legal liability. As a whistleblower casts blame, lawmakers say it should be changed to hold companies accountable.
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Tech's 2020: The Push To Eliminate Section 230
Whether it's misinformation or allegations of censorship, U.S. lawmakers are looking to make changes the internet's legal shield: Section 230. Leading the call to eliminate this protection is President Trump who believes that by doing so, tech companies (specifically Twitter and Facebook) will be more accountable for what their users post on their platforms. Catch up on the debate that took place in 2020 here.
The president is holding military spending hostage in hopes of repealing the foundational law governing the internet. There was a crypto coming out …
Facebook’s (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s (TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey told the Senate Judiciary Committee in prepared remarks Tuesday that they’re …
Facebook supports rewriting Section 230, and it’s starting to lay out the changes it wants. That’s the big takeaway from a nearly four-hour grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The point was quickly lost in a pre-election political …
The Trump administration is pressing Congress to repeal the tech industry's prized liability shield, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, …
Republican senators unloaded on Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, but had little to say about reforming the foundational internet law. There’s a saying among …
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The Justice Department unveiled on Wednesday a proposal to curb protections for online platforms that host third-party content provided by Section …
The Trump administration is once again trying to force social media platforms to do its bidding. This time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been tapped to use a law called Section 230 to prevent websites from moderating content in a way that many conservatives believe is biased …
Joe Biden's takeover from President Trump is going to mostly consist of rolling back broad swathes of Trump's agenda, but in one area Biden is weirdly taking up the torch from Trump – repealing the laws that protect Big Tech. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is a part of US law that …
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