Kill Section 230

Section 230 is a piece of internet legislation in the united states passed into law as part of the communications decency act cda of 1996 a common name for title v of the telecommunications act of 1996 formally codified as section 230 of the communications act of 1934 at 47 u s c.

Kill section 230. Fcc head and internet s most hated man ajit pai just vowed to kill first amendment rights online fcc chairman ajit pai has vowed to reinterpret section 230 of the communications act on president. The title while a bit hyperbolic is important. Last week trump met with nine republican state attorneys general to discuss the fate of section 230. Section 230 is a key ingredient in the lifeblood of many mom and pop businesses and other small businesses aspiring to take on the big guys.

We don t want politicians. Today major tech companies devote enormous resources to moderate content on their websites resources the next facebook or google being coded in a dorm room or garage today doesn t have. Section 230 of the communications decency act currently allows social media companies to block or screen content in good faith if they consider it obscene lewd lascivious filthy excessively violent harassing or otherwise objectionable. Congressmen who created section 230 rebuke trump s efforts to kill it the two authors touch on several arguments.

Should section 230 be repealed. In may trump signed an executive order that backed legislation to scrap or weaken section 230. Biden has backed repealing section 230 the provision which gives social media platforms such as twitter and facebook liability protections for the content that users post. Sep 18 2020 3 37 pm tech.

If not the chorus to kill section 230 or start century old precedent breakups will get louder and intended or not kill the internet in adulthood. Mon jul 8th 2019 9 25am mike masnick. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third party content. If you want to kill google and facebook leaving section 230 alone is your best hope.