Posted on 06/17/2020 11:08:13 AM PDT by knighthawk
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced legislation Wednesday to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if they engage in selective censorship of political speech.
The Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act, cosponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., would stop such companies from receiving immunity under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, unless they update their terms of service to promise to operate in good faith.
“For too long, Big Tech companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook have used their power to silence political speech from conservatives without any recourse for users,” Hawley said in a statement. “Section 230 has been stretched and rewritten by courts to give these companies outlandish power over speech without accountability. Congress should act to ensure bad actors are not given a free pass to censor and silence their opponents.”
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Never get it through the House. Litigation may be the only hope at this point.
Useless noise without the House. President needs to sign an Executive Order. Republicans passed a lot of Bills they knew would go nowhere.
When they had both houses, nothing.
Litigated to whom?
The supreme court? don’t hold your breath.
Well past time, but will be appreciated if done correctly.
All you need is to say that the 1st Amendment applies to social media platforms as the new digital town square. It’s not difficult to end this.
Yeah after yesterday it’s pretty obvious there is little hope there either. Rush always said he would tell us when it’s time to panic. Well I don’t know how much more it will take.
HalleluYah!!!
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