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The social media company’s new position regarding liability regulations for content posted through its platform has concerned smaller websites without the same legal firepower and deep pockets.
Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online, a position that’s leaving smaller websites concerned about the cost of accepting more responsibility for what appears on their platforms. The social media giant has been prominent in the debate in Washington over the liability shield contained in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which may be the subject of a proposal by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in coming days. President Trump on Wednesday vetoed a defense bill in part because lawmakers refu...
Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online, a position that’s leaving smaller websites concerned about the cost of accepting more responsibility for what appears on their platforms. The social-media giant has been prominent in the debate in Washington over the liability shield contained in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which may be the subject of a proposal by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission as soon as Wednesda...
Facebook support for liability reform has little guys nervous Todd Shields and Ben Brody, Bloomberg News The Facebook Inc. application is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Facebook is struggling to respond to growing demands from Washington to explain how the personal data of millions of its users could be exploited by a consulting firm that helped Donald Trump win the presidency. , Bloomberg Facebook Inc. says itâs time to rethink the legal immunity that protects...
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Facebook is playing a big role in the debate over the the legal immunity contained in Section 230 of the US's Communications Decency Act, in relation to what users post online Smaller players like Etsy and Tripadvisor are nervous because they don't have the same content moderation and legal resources as Facebook Trump insists the rule should be eliminated altogether, with a vote on the proposal expected to take place in January Facebook says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online...