Wyden Warns Against Tampering With Tech’s CDA Section 230 Protections
Without Communications Decency Act Section 230 protections, online media would “face an onslaught of bad-faith lawsuits” and pressure from the powerful to silence critics, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Tuesday. Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Josh…
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Hawley of Missouri claim tech companies have gotten off easily with liability protections. President Donald Trump accused Twitter, Facebook and Google of coordinated anti-conservative bias. There's "big discrimination" against conservative users and groups, he said during a Tuesday joint news conference with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. "It’s collusive, and it’s very, very fair to say that we have to do something about it," Trump said. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is suing Twitter for alleged defamation and negligence, citing accounts sharing critical and insulting content about him. Calls to alter Section 230 also have come since the New Zealand mass shooting. “Tech companies certainly need to continue to be far more vigorous about identifying, fingerprinting and blocking content and individuals who incite hate and violence,” Wyden said. But he warned that forcing tech companies to intervene could have First Amendment consequences.