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© press Big Tech oligarchs are given legal immunity by Section 230 Amid the recent and ongoing purge of conservatives by Big Tech, most notably the widespread banning of President Donald Trump from the Internet, calls are mounting to repeal the legal protections these Silicon Valley oligarchs enjoy. In fact, before the coordinated purge of his accounts, President Trump was threatening to revoke Section 230 - Big Tech's legal immunity. Section 230 legislates Internet content and was passed into law as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Written in the earlier days of the web, Sec...

Democratic Senators introduce new bill to remove Section 230 internet speech protections On February 5, three Democratic Party US Senators introduced legislation called the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act, which would modify laws that provide internet companies with legal protections for content posted on their platforms by users. In a press release accompanying the draft legislation, US Senators Mark Warner of Virginia, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota state that their proposal aims to “allow social media ...

Progressive groups warn Congress against Section 230 changes Chris Mills Rodrigo © Getty Images Progressive groups warn Congress against Section 230 changes A coalition of over 70 progressive groups sent a letter to Congress Wednesday urging caution when approaching potential changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The law, which protects internet companies from liability for most content posted by third parties and allows them to do good-faith moderation, is facing sustained efforts aimed at reform or repeal for the first time since being enshrined in 199...

The Washington Post today has several articles about the incoming administration’s, and new congress’s, thoughts and priorities on regulating tech companies. If you’re interested in this–and you should be if you’re reading this on, say, the Internet–I recommend checking them out, or at least reading the overview. Democratic leaders for years have proposed a bevy of new legislation to shrink Silicon Valley’s corporate footprint, restrict its insatiable appetite for data and stop the spread of falsehoods online. But the party’s calls for regulation have grown more urgent in th...

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