Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that the social media giant would be reducing the amount of political content on its platforms and in its news feeds to channel users towards more “healthy communities.” Zuckerberg also said that he wants “clear guidance and clear rules for the Internet,” and is in favor of updating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA).
A proposed bill from Republican state lawmakers in North Dakota could see Facebook and Twitter face lawsuits from users who have been censored on their platforms. Some experts argue the law would have no effect due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the law that enables the Big Tech Masters of the Universe to enjoy legal immunity in cases related to censorship.
Twitter’s share price plummeted more than 10 percent at Monday’s market opening in the first trading session since the site permanently suspended President Donald Trump from the platform.
The European Commissioner for the internal market described the storming the U.S. Congress as the “9/11 moment of social media” and has called for the United States to work alongside the EU to implement more restrictions on speech on the
The Trump-appointed Chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, has killed a last-minute effort to curb Big Tech censorship, saying there is insufficient time to take action.
The official account of the GOP Senate Majority reported that Facebook shut down Republican ads aimed at voters in the upcoming Georgia runoff, on the same day that it passed the National Defense Authorization Act without the repeal of Section 230 requested by President Donald Trump.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) reacted to Facebook suspending a Republican ad campaign by stating that the action “continues to highlight the absolute, essential nature of reforming Section 230.” And
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) said he supports all the provisions of the combined package to increase direct payments, repeal Section 230, and establish an election commission. Perdue said, “What I’m
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of attaching “poison pills” to $2,000 direct payments to try to discourage people from passing $2,000 payments. Durbin said, “The
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he agrees with President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 direct payments, that while Section 230 should be looked at, it shouldn’t be done now, and that Section 230
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Monday came out in support of President Donald Trump’s call to boost the direct payments to Americans for coronavirus relief from $600 to $2,000.
President Donald Trump has signed into law a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package aimed at restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a partial federal government shutdown.
FCC commissioner Brandon Carr is urging the agency to take action to curb legal protections for Big Tech companies engaged in political censorship before President Donald Trump leaves office, outlining a plan to do so.
Alan Dershowitz dared YouTube to censor him for interviewing Breitbart’s Joel Pollak, author of “Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.”
President Donald Trump said he will veto the annual defense authorization bill over its exclusion of provisions that terminate Section 230, which grants Big Tech companies such as Twitter and Facebook special immunity from lawsuits.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) expressed support for President Donald Trump’s push to tie repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
President Donald Trump slammed “certain Republican senators” for their “cold feet” on reforming Section 230, the law that allows Big Tech platforms to censor their users while suffering little in the way of legal consequences.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed Wednesday that President Donald Trump was serious about vetoing the defense funding bill if it did not terminate Section 230 of the Community Decency Act.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened a veto of the defense bill if it did not include legislation to end Section 230 protections for tech companies.
President Donald Trump called for the termination of Section 230 protection for internet companies as an upstart social media CEO has urged a more nuanced approach.
A tech censorship case that could have wide ramifications for the way the courts interpret Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has hit the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court, which will now decide whether or not to hear the case.
As Big Tech’s acts of political censorship and election interference continue to escalate, and Republican senators pressure the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter, Silicon Valley’s paid defenders in the world of D.C. “conservative” and “libertarian” think tanks are scrambling to defend the industry.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart News that Big Tech’s political censorship amounted to election interference, offering her comments on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that “the biggest threat to conservatism” is “social media companies censoring information that conservatives put out.” Graham said, “I think
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced legislation on Friday that would limit big tech companies’ unconditional Section 230 legal immunity to censor or moderate content without significant legal recourse.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delayed Wednesday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Facebook staffers requested a brief recess after Zuckerberg experienced technical difficulties in trying to connect to the hearing via video chat.
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday about big tech’s election interference and censorship practices.
The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday for their censorship practices.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) stated that Twitter’s handling of the Hunter Biden story is them “behaving, not as an open platform here, but more
Internet freedom is on the ballot this November. For months, the Trump administration has been quietly working to curtail the power of Big Tech platforms to censor with impunity — a power it recently used to suppress the New York Post’s bombshell Biden-Ukraine story. If Biden wins, those efforts will likely come to an end.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) stated that the liability protections of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act should still exist for small companies, but not for large tech companies.
During an interview with the “Fox News Rundown” podcast released on Friday, Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) stated that if social media platforms are going to have liability protections, then they “can’t be out there arguing that you’re a
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that the social media censoring of the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden “is the beginning of the end”
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Thursday that “it’s time to scrap” special protections for social media giants under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA).
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced in a statement on Thursday that he will move forward with a rulemaking that would clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) is applied too broadly to social media companies in a recent letter. The law, which was passed at the beginning of the dot-com era, allows internet companies to avoid liability for content that has been posted by users on their platform. According to Thomas, “many courts have construed the law broadly to confer sweeping immunity on some of the largest companies in the world.”
The Senate Commerce Committee plans to vote on October 1 to decide if it should subpoena the CEOs of tech firms including Google, Facebook, and Twitter over their censorship and legal immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA).
The Department of Justice will submit a proposal to Congress that would curb big tech’s legal immunity, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Three GOP Senators have announced a new bill called the Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act that aims to modify Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act to clarify the original intent of the law and increase accountability faced by the Big Tech Masters of the Universe for their censorship of political speech.
The White House withdrew the nomination of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, who had expressed doubts about President Donald Trump’s proposal to address tech censorship.
