In a new interview, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has issued a stern warning to major tech firms.Read more at the EFF: CDA 230 The Most Important Law Protecting the Internet.
Pelosi has prepared to do away with Section 230.
Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, [CDA] the most important law protecting freedom of expression and innovation on the internet, states:
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
In short, this law protects online intermediaries – i.e., Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon, etc. – from being held legally responsible for what users say and do. Section 230 also protects ISPs and online services that publish third-party content, including bloggers that host comments on their sites.
Calling the law “a gift” to tech firms, Pelosi hinted that House Democrats will likely remove the immunity provided by Section 230.
“It’s a gift to them and I don’t think that they’re treating it with the respect that they should, and so I think that that could be a question mark and in jeopardy…
“I do think that for the privilege of 230, there has to be a bigger sense of responsibility on it. And, it’s not out of the question that that could be removed," [said Pelosi].
Dear Big Tech...The Dems are not your friends.
Section 230...more crumbs Pelosi wants back.
"I don’t think that they’re treating it with the respect that they should." Is it me, or does that reek with Liberal Elitism?
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