Section 230 Bill

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Section 230 bill. This is another bipartisan bill which should be a reminder that bad section 230 ideas are happening across the entire spectrum. It would narrow the scope of the types of content that tech platforms could not be prosecuted for removing. Section 230 reform may continue to play a role in the 2020 campaign. A pair of democratic lawmakers on tuesday introduced the latest bill proposing to amend section 230 of the communications decency act on the grounds that algorithms used by social media platforms.

Republican senators propose drastic changes to section 230 of communications decency act with a new bill to stop platforms from silencing conservatives. Section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 is under a harsh new spotlight in the wake of google s decision to force conservative news site the federalist to remove its comments section. 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. Ted budd introduced a bill friday morning limiting the section 230 immunity of big tech after conservatives blasted social media giants for censoring a new york.

Bernie sanders has said he would reexamine section 230 if he is elected president and trump has previously signaled at. This is just bringing some clarity to existing section 230 law. The whole bill is a total of three pages. North carolina republican rep.

Another day another truly terrible bill to reform section 230. The new republican bill would primarily revise three aspects of section 230.