Section 230 Meme

Much of the discussion on the law in recent years has revolved around whether section 230 should be revoked or reformed.

Section 230 meme. A maths meme that is actually funny rather than stupid. Shot across the bow after social media started adding editorializing fact checking posts to president donald trump s tweets he issued an executive order on may 28 to strip twitter of its section 230 protections. Consequently youtube twitter and so many other user content based online platforms rely on section 230 for their very existence. Although federal criminal prosecutions have always been outside the scope of section 230 immunity online crime is a serious and growing problem and there is no justification for blocking the federal government from civil enforcement on behalf of american citizens.

The doj also proposes to more clearly carve out federal civil enforcement actions from section 230. Section 230 of the 1996 communications decency act provides tech companies with liability protections against illegal content. The tweet included a picture of the viral moscow mitch meme. When he showed up virtually for the senate hearing on section 230 on wednesday folks were quick to meme his decidedly unkempt.

The section 230 hearing was like watching your boomer uncle ask you to explain a meme by julia sachs on october 28 2020 facebook s mark zuckerberg google s sundar pichai and twitter s jack dorsey met remotely with the senate commerce committee wednesday morning to discuss section 230 of the 1996 communications decency act. Memes music reviews comments. The section of the act which has been called the single most important piece of law in regard to social media is what dictates how or if content is moderated on websites like facebook google and twitter. Essentially it shields websites from being sued over what users of the sites post on it.

But aside from biden most democrats in congress interested in section 230 reform believe amendments to the statute should be limited in scope to ensure free speech is protected. Twitter ceo jack dorsey has a serious quarantine beard going. Next article you have my respect james. Well if you try to solve the equation on the face of it the answer is 5.