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US Senate introduces bipartisan bills to repeal 'Section 230' of Telecommunications Act of 1996; repealing Section 230 could make Hexbear Admins and Moderators legally liable for posts made by Users (thehill.com)

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Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced the Sunset Section 230 Act, which would repeal the tech liability shield within two years.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields companies from facing lawsuits over third-party user-generated content on their platforms.

It has become increasingly controversial in recent years, as Americans have sought to hold major tech firms accountable, particularly for online harms to children.

“Sunsetting Section 230 will force Big Tech to come to the table take ownership over the harms it has wrought,” Durbin said in a statement. “And if Big Tech doesn’t, this bill will open the courtroom to victims of its platforms. Parents have been begging Congress to step in, and it’s time we do so.”

Graham touted the “wide and deep bipartisan support” for their efforts.

They are joined on the bill by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.).

https://archive.is/OKg0p (senate gov - Senate Judiciary Committee press release)

https://archive.is/3xxTW (house gov - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman press release)

https://archive.is/2PnqH (senate gov - Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat Senate whip, press release)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6746 (Dick Durbin bill)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3546 (Harriet Hageman bill)

History of Section 230 by Wired Magazine

https://archive.is/gtJ8b

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An entire law targeting Hexbear moderators??

[–] dead@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Section 230 protects all social media websites. Repealing Section 230 would affect other social media website as well.

Section 230 says "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."

Section 230 gives website operators immunity of liability for information posted by other users of the website. It also provides operators with some protection for censoring obscene materials.

The bill introduced by Dick Durbin will add an ammendment to Section 230 which says that Section 230 expires on December 31 2026. This would mean that websites would not have immunity to liability for material posted by users.

I really recommend reading the Wired article. it's a long read but very interesting. The history of Section 230 includes influences from the Timothy McVeigh bombing and a 1995 libel lawsuit by Stratton Oakmont (the scam stock trading company in the movie 'The Wolf of Wallstreet').

https://www.wired.com/story/section-230-internet-sacred-law-false-idol/

https://archive.is/gtJ8b (paywall bypass)