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Biden’s Commerce Secretary Nominee Open to Some Section 230 Reforms President Joe Biden’s pick for commerce secretary said on Tuesday that she is willing to work with Congress to amend a federal law that grants Big Tech companies protection from legal liability for users’ content. Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-R.I.), who has been tapped to lead the Commerce Department, was asked during her confirmation hearing about reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been made a focal point amidst a sparring match between the federal government and social media companies over ce...

Fact Check: Did Twitter Violate President Trump's First Amendment Rights? On 1/11/21 at 7:38 PM EST After last week's storming of the Capitol building, Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump's account from the app, citing the "risk of further incitement of violence." The decision has sent a wave of mixed reactions. Some people applauded the company for holding Trump accountable, while the president's supporters were outraged by Twitter's alleged censorship and violation of free speech. German Chancellor Angela Merkelcriticized Twitter's move, calling it "problematic" because freedo...

Graham Says He Is ‘More Determined’ to Roll Back Protections for Big Tech After Twitter Bans Trump Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Saturday that he was “more determined” to rollback liability protections for big tech companies after Twitter permanently removed President Donald Trump’s account from its platform. “Twitter may ban me for this but I willingly accept that fate: Your decision to permanently ban President Trump is a serious mistake,” Graham said in a series of posts on Twitter. “The Ayatollah can tweet, but Trump can’t. Says a lot about the people who run Twit...

PROCESS: The January 6th date has been set in the Constitution, but the date for the count has been changed several times before. The Congressional Research Service cited the 2013 count when January 6 fell on a Sunday, so the new date was pushed to January 4.  According to U.S. Code Title 3, Section 17, each objection can take up to two hours, meaning even before the events of today unfolded, it was possible for the objections to last well into the morning hours. Under U.S. Code Title 3, Section 16, the joint session from Congress to certify votes "is to continue until the count is completed...

Many Americans still have serious concerns about the integrity of the vote in this election, and rightly so.