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By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it
'The 26 words that created the internet' as we know it could soon be erased, warns the Consumer Technology Association.
As hearing sponsors Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Frank Pallone Jr. explained in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, the goal of Section 230 was “to help people and businesses connect, innovate and share information” by establishing the common-sense principle that responsibility for online speech lies with the speaker. In short, sunsetting Section 230 will chill the free speech allowed by our dynamic internet innovation ecosystem, and eliminate the tools and functions that Americans love and rely on, making the online experience worse for everyone. Additionally, claims that Section 230 stands in the way of efforts to stop child sex, drug trafficking, and other crimes online ignore the fact that these actions are already prosecutable.
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