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Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Section 230 Defended In Facts-Optional Op-Ed
Section 230, the legal backbone of the internet, is under attack again. This time, it is from a bipartisan pair of legislators who seem to fundamentally misunderstand how the law works and what the…
When we wrote the law, we believed the internet of the future was going to be a very vibrant and extraordinary opportunity for people to become educated about innumerable subjects, from health care to technological innovation to their own fields of employment. Indeed, any time anything bad happens to a child, loosely connected to their online presence, there are tons of media stories criticizing the companies, which can lead to diminished usage and advertisers bailing on the platforms. We must act because Big Tech is profiting from children, developing algorithms that push harmful content on to our kids’ feeds and refusing to strengthen their platforms’ protections against predators, drug dealers, sex traffickers, extortioners and cyberbullies.
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