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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says apps and websites aren't legally liable for third-party content, has inspired a lot of overheated rhetoric in Congress. Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have successfully framed the rule as a "gift to Big Tech" that enables social media censorship. While Democrats have very different critiques, some have embraced a similar fire-and-brimstone tone with the bipartisan EARN IT Act. But a Senate subcommittee tried to reset that narrative today with a hearing for the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, a similarly bipartisan attempt at a more nuanced Section 230 amendment. While the hearing didn't address all of the PACT Act's very real flaws, it presented the bill as an option for Section 230 defenders who still want a say in potential reforms.
[...] Still, Section 230 has been at the forefront of US politics for years, and some kind of change looks increasingly likely. If that's true, then particularly after today's hearing, a revised version of the PACT Act looks like the clearest existing option to preserve important parts of the law without dismissing calls for reform. And hashing out those specifics may prove more important than focusing on the policy's most hyperbolic critics.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 30 2020, @03:59PM (2 children)
True, but sites like Soylent can't afford to go to court. The minute some AC posts something slanderous or copyrighted and SN is gone. Twitter, on the other hand, has an army of lawyers to keep them in court until the heat death of the universe.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 30 2020, @11:24PM
Under the proposed legislation, yeah. Under the current state of affairs we could probably get a lawyer to do it on contingency because of the likelihood of us getting awarded legal expenses in the countersuit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @11:26PM
The lawyers will probably survive even that, just to spite everything else.