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Facebook and google would undoubtedly fight the order.

Section 230 google. Section 230 a provision to a 1996 law that shields facebook and google from liability for what users post is increasingly under fire from trump. Google s sundar pichai may have expected to be in the hot seat due to an antitrust lawsuit by the doj. A right wing offensive is underway to discredit social media companies just days before the election. At today s senate commerce committee hearing on section 230 with twitter.

Section 230 as passed has two primary parts both listed under 230 c as the good samaritan portion of the law section 230 c 1 as identified above defines that an information service provider shall not be treated as a publisher or speaker of information from another provider. Section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 is under a harsh new spotlight in the wake of google s move to force conservative news site the federalist to remove its comments section or. In the first major change to section 230 in years congress voted this week to make internet companies take a little more responsibility than they have for content on their sites. Section 230 protects social media platforms from being liable if one of their users posts something illegal or controversial.

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