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Section 230 bill barr. Section 230 is legislation from the doj regarding online free speech. In june 2020 attorney general william barr released a series of recommendations for how section 230 might be reformed playing off a string of workshops earlier in the year. Ag bill barr 2020 02 20 source. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third party content.

We the people convention 02 20 2020. 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. Bill barr s doj to propose rolling back big tech section 230 protections opening door to lawsuits read last week attorney general bill barr joined bret baier on special report and said he clearly believes the social media giants are eng. Barr convened the workshop to discuss section 230 of the communications decency act which says tech companies cannot be held legally liable for content posted by third party users.

Ag bill barr speech about changing section 230 law by. Nicholas kamm afp via getty images this story is. Bill barr is going to be re writing section 230. Who will be affected now.

This week attorney general bill barr released a set of recommendations for new legislation that would limit the immunity offered by section 230. Click here to call write ag bill barr about ending the big tech. Attorney general bill barr explained that the primary motive behind the doj s push to reform section 230 liability protections was to protect free speech. By jim hoft published june 17 2020 at 11 41am share on facebook 2 4k tweet share email print.