Section 230 Blackburn

Blackburn said the modern internet is not the same as the one that existed when section 230 was created saying tech companies are no longer in their infancy.

Section 230 blackburn. And the reason that as we ve worked on this over the last several years the reason you do not take it away is because you want a competitive marketplace and section 230 was put in place for new start businesses. Eliminate section 230 liability protections for large companies keep it for small ones october 17 2020 on saturday s broadcast of the fox news channel s fox friends sen. Marsha blackburn r tenn and roger. The justice department is preparing proposals to roll back legal immunities enjoyed by large technology companies under section 230 of the cda in measures that will be.

Republican senators marsha blackburn of tennessee roger wicker of mississippi and lindsey graham of south carolina introduced a new bill tuesday that would change the terms of section 230 of the. Wicker graham blackburn lead gop only bill to pare back section 230 by cristiano lima 9 9 2020. Blackburn has proposed several changes to clarify and modify section 230 which has been a subject of controversy since the president s executive order in may. Roger wicker r miss chairman of the senate committee on commerce science and transportation lindsey graham r s c chairman of the senate committee on the judiciary and marsha blackburn r tenn today introduced the online freedom and viewpoint diversity act to modify section 230 of the communications decency act.

Republican senators propose drastic changes to section 230 of communications decency act with a new bill to stop platforms from silencing. That executive order came after twitter flagged one of the president s tweets for being misleading and called for the fcc to regulate online censorship. As it stands now under section 230 of the communications decency act. Section 230 of the cda and antitrust laws is where our attention is going to have to be turned said blackburn offering her remarks on thursday s edition of siriusxm s breitbart news daily with host alex marlow.

Marsha blackburn r tn stated that the liability protections of section 230 of the communications decency act should still exist for small companies but not for large tech companies.