Section 230 Legislation

President donald trump signed an executive order curtailing section 230 of the federal communications decency act on thursday directly challenging a law that protects tech giants like twitter.

Section 230 legislation. But it has had an outsize affect on life as we know it. The department of justice has released a draft bill to amend section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 joining the chorus of voices seeking to limit the statute s liability protections covered here here here and here. By repealing section 230 social networks would be legally responsible for what people post on. The doj sent draft legislation to congress that would reform section 230 on wednesday.

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. It runs only 26 words long short and to the point. Specifically the proposal targets a few key portions of the law. The communications decency act is an obscure law passed by congress in 1996 that has profoundly shaped today s internet.

Section 230 was. Chris cox r calif as a way of protecting tech companies from becoming legally liable for their users content if they opted. Section 230 of the communications decency act which was passed in 1996 says an interactive computer service can t be treated as the publisher or speaker of third party content. Ron wyden d ore and former rep.

It s a provision of that law that s so hotly contested. The executive order aims to remove the protections of section 230 in the communications decency act. 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. Section 230 was introduced by sen.