Posted on 10/01/2021 6:46:29 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
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Hawley's legislation will seek to combat the problems reported by the Wall Street Journal by holding social media companies accountable for any harm their platforms do to children.
The bill seeks to close Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that currently protects social media companies from lawsuits.
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I know some people prefer the big government option of trust-busting, but I'm not a statist and I don't prefer state-centric solutions. The 10 scariest words in the English language have not all of a sudden become cuddly. "Repeal", on the other hand, not scary at all.
Repealing section 230 is the constitutional option to dealing with the problem. Thank you Senator Hawley.
Minority republican introduces legislation that he knows has no chance to pass because he’s in the minority
please clap
especially since the left is big tech, msm and dems among others
Josh: Please let me know when you get your 17 DEMOCRAT Senators on board, plus about 100 DEMOCRAT House members, in order to override Biden’s veto (not that it would ever get to his desk...).
And, by the way Josh, there was a time when this kind of stuff could have been passed with far fewer Democrat votes, but you guys (or at least most Republicans) were too busy trying to take down Trump.
Didn’t the previous occupant of the White House want to abolish Section 230 and was blocked at all times by the clowns in Congress?
Waste of time. Showin’ off.
See post 4
And Big tech owns them all
You beat me to it. Nothing but more Kabuki Theater from the clowns in DC.
Sadly we can only vote for who we can vote for given how much control the incumbents, state GOPs, and the RNC exert. Especially in the Senate.
Wonder how many Republicans are sipping some bourbon, smoking a nice cigar and laughing with Hawley right now about how many people actually believe this BS? And there are many that do.
Zactly!!
Ok so even if made Federal Law, you know who won’t prosecute.
Too open ended. It would be used only against conservatives. An antitrust remedy would be better — break up those companies.
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