Section 230 Hawley
Republican senator josh hawley spoke about section 230 on the floor of congress tuesday.
Section 230 hawley. Us senator josh hawley republican from missouri speaks during the senate small business and entrepreneurship hearings to examine implementation of title i of. Hawley s legislation removes the immunity big tech companies receive under section 230 unless they submit to an external audit that proves by clear and convincing evidence that their algorithms and content removal practices are politically neutral. Hawley s legislation does not apply to small and medium sized tech companies. Section 230 josh hawley.
Josh hawley hawleymo june 16 2020. But hawley read from thomas commentary saying he thought it was very significant hawley has been one of big tech s biggest critics including wanting to limit sec. But it has had an outsize affect on life as we know it. Josh hawley rails against big tech anti conservative bias and section 230 google and facebook should not be a law unto themselves.
Marco rubio josh hawley kelly loeffler and kevin cramer signed a letter to the fcc asking for a fresh look at section 230 of the communications decency act following trump s executive. The doj earlier earlier today released proposed 230 legislation. No corporation should run america no set of corporate overlords should replace their judgment for the judgment of we the people no woke capitalists should be able to shape the outcome of an election by silencing speech and that is why we have to act today. Josh hawley hawleymo september 24 2020.
Today on behalf of the trump administration the department of justice sent draft legislation to congress to reform section 230 of the communications decency act. Section 230 is a part of federal legislation passed more than 20 years ago. Citing thomas hawley said that the courts at the behest of big tech had dramatically rewritten the section including by changing the liability standards and the.