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Tech Firms Form Coalition to Defend Internet Liability Shield Law A number of internet companies that are not big social media players are organizing to defend the law that shields them from lawsuits. The companies have formed a coalition called Internet Works to protect what they see as the benefits of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been targeted by the Trump Administration and members of Congress. Section 230 protects the internet firms from lawsuits over the content on their sites. Members of the new coalition include Automattic, Cloudflare, Dropbox, eBay, Etsy, G...

The Technology 202: Europe's proposed digital rules target Amazon, Facebook and other big tech companies Cat Zakrzewski with Tonya Riley Europe’s proposed rules for online businesses would solidify its reputation as the world’s toughest tech regulator.  The European Union yesterday unveiled a pair of proposals that could force tech companies to more aggressively police their platforms for harmful content and also put new restrictions on how large companies compete with smaller rivals. The rules carry fines with up to 10 percent of the companies’ global revenue, and...

Several US tech firms launch coalition to promote key internet law Toggle share menu Advertisement 16 Dec 2020 02:05AM Share this content Bookmark REUTERS: Several technology companies including Snap Inc, Pinterest, Dropbox and eBay announced a coalition on Tuesday that would advocate the benefits of Section 230, a decades-old law protecting internet firms. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects tech companies from liability over content posted by users, and has been under attack from U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers. The...

Internet Leaders Launch "Internet Works" Independent Coalition will Advocate Congress Preserve Benefits of Bedrock Internet Law News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet industry leaders Automattic, Cloudflare, Dropbox, eBay, Etsy, Glassdoor, GoDaddy, Medium, Nextdoor, Patreon, Pinterest, Reddit, Snap Inc., Tripadvisor, Vimeo, and the Wikimedia Foundation today announced the formation of Internet Works, a coalition that will work with Congress to promote the benefits of Section 230, a provision of the Communications Decency Act....

Tech Companies Shift Their Posture on a Legal Shield, Wary of Being Left Behind Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook chief executive, recently said he supported updates to Section 230.Credit...Pool photo by Greg Nash Dec. 15, 2020 WASHINGTON — For more than two decades, the tech industry had a cohesive message to Congress about a law that shields internet platforms from lawsuits: Don’t touch it. But now, as tech companies face intensifying attacks from pol...