Lawmakers eye changes to antitrust, Section 230, common carrier laws Lack of bipartisan agreement means negotiations face long road May 7, 2021 5:01 AM By Rebecca Kern Lawmakers seized on Facebookâs latest political clash this week to renew a push to regulate large technology platforms, brandishing legislative threats to update antitrust statutes and limit a coveted liability shield to curtail the companiesâ power. The Facebook Oversight Boardâs decision to uphold the ban on former president Donald Trump spurred Republicans to call for antitrust reform to break up big tech platforms such as Facebook Inc. that they say censor conservative speech, while Democrats pressed for solutions to stop the spread of misinformation and hate speech online.