Category: s230

DoJ will reportedly limit social media companies’ speech protections

Post author By Randall
Post date June 17, 2020
Categories In communications decency act, Facebook, fcc, Ftc, gear, Google, Internet, justice department, News, s230, section 230, Tech, Trump, trump administration, Twitter

[ad_1] For example, the proposal would not give companies legal immunity in cases involving acts like terrorism, sexual abuse and cyberstalking. Another part of the proposal would also reportedly limit what protection tech companies have in civil cases involving the federal government. The Wall Street Journal reports the proposal also suggests striking a clause that allows online […]

What happens if the internet’s most important law disappears?

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In censorship, communications decency act, corynne mcsherry, gear, Internet, jeff kosseff, kate devlin, Politics, s230, Tech, us

[ad_1] Both Republicans and Democrats are suggesting that the protections this clause offers are too broad to be sustainable. The current administration already weakened it, carving out exceptions for adult content under the auspices of FOSTA/SESTA. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has either misspoken or misrepresented the law to encourage its removal. And senior representatives have […]