Klobuchar Section 230

Now some of those same companies are going to be coming back to testify about section 230 and content moderation.

Klobuchar section 230. It didn t last because soon afterward sen. Uh what does this have to do with section 230 again. Klobuchar who has proposed changes to antitrust law. Democrats focused more on election security online than the section 230 issue with sen.

What is section 230. Democrat amy klobuchar of minnesota is now speaking. The event had been billed as a discussion about section 230 of the communications decency act. Mike lee reverted to pick eye.

Amy klobuchar messed it up on the first try saying pee chey but got it right on her second attempt becoming the first senator to correctly pronounce his name. Section 230 is generally regarded as the legal infrastructure that made the social internet possible from facebook accounts and comments sections to yelp and amazon reviews. Marsha blackburn and sen. However there is the stipulation that companies must opt to moderate these platforms and posts.

While questioning google ceo sundar pichai klobuchar mentioned the other major issue google is currently facing. Since its introduction in the 1990s section 230 of the communication decency act typically protects big internet companies from the legal effects of what an individual posts online. Section 230 of the communications decency act which was passed in 1996 essentially protects websites from being liable for what is posted on them by third parties. Amy klobuchar d minn saying that the republicans had politicized what should be a bipartisan inquiry.

Senator amy klobuchar is frustrated over those failures. Klobuchar s comments came during wednesday s senate hearing on section 230 the law that states tech companies cannot be held liable for content published on their platforms. Ranking member maria cantwell d wash warned about prematurely getting rid of section 230 and thus squashing free speech.