Section 230 And Social Media
Section 230 protects social media platforms from being liable if one of their users posts something illegal or controversial so they can t be sued over it.
Section 230 and social media. House minority leader rep. Kevin mccarthy r ca said thursday that it s time to scrap special protections for social media giants under section 230 of the communications decency act cda. What is section 230 and why does donald trump want to change it. The section 230 protection has stopped twitter from taking action against the inflammatory content mr trump is prone to post but the social media company may have to change that if it is legally.
The biggest social networks are selectively censoring information mccarthy wrote in a tweet linking to his press conference on the matter. Trump realdonaldtrump october 6 2020. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third party content. Section 230 currently gives social media companies an exemption from laws regarding libel and defamation as they are considered hosts of others users rather than advocates themselves of any political leanings.
The fight over a law protecting social media companies from what their users post has heated up after the fcc announced plans to review section 230.