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Section 230 fcc. Section 230 is a part of federal legislation passed more than 20 years ago. Fcc chairman ajit pai has announced that the agency will pursue a white house proposal to adopt rules clarifying section 230 the backbone of american internet law. The fcc will move to clarify the meaning of the law known as section 230 which protects tech giants like twitter and facebook from being held liable for the content their users post. Fcc 600 f 3d 642 d c.

But it has had an outsize affect on life as we know it. 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. Many advance an overly broad interpretation that in some cases shields social media companies from consumer protection laws in a way that has no basis in the text of section 230. Office of chairman pai media relations description.

Chairman pai statement on section 230 document type s. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third party content. 230 a provision of the communication decency act tucked inside the communications decency act cda of 1996 is one of the most valuable tools for protecting freedom of expression and innovation on the internet. Federal communications commission chairman ajit pai plans to move forward with rulemaking to clarify the scope of tech s legal liability shield section 230 he said in a statement thursday.

This comes somewhat as a surprise since the original purpose of the legislation was to restrict free speech on the internet. Federal communications commission chairman ajit pai issued a statement on section 230 of the communications act. The commission need not rely on section 230 b as the source of its authority in this contemplated rulemaking. It runs only 26 words long short and to the point.

The commission s general counsel has informed me that the fcc has the legal authority to interpret section 230.