Political Quotes

“for almost 25 years, the internet has grown and thrived under the light-touch regulatory framework established by the Communications Decency Act. I hope we can continue that. I think some changes need to be made. Passed in 1996, the law that the Communications Decency Act is a part of helped create the internet. Section 230 of that law gives broad liability protections to interactive computer services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. This provision protects online platforms from being held liable for content posted by their users. This is a unique protection for online platforms, and not everyone in our country enjoys those protections. For example, newspapers do not enjoy this important protection. But we have done this for internet platforms. At the same time, section 230 of the Communications Decency Act allows online platforms to censor content that they--the platforms-- consider obscene, lewd, harassing, along with several other categories, including the term ``otherwise objectionable.'' I am concerned that this term, ``otherwise objectionable,'' is too broad and ends up protecting online platforms when they remove content that they simply disagree with or dislike or find distasteful personally. I fear section 230 has enabled big tech companies to censor conservative views and voices, and I am joined by a lot of Americans in that view.…”