REPLAY: Senate Committee Hearing Examines Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30

REPLAY: Senate Committee Hearing Examines Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30

A Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing to examine platform power as Section 230 turns 30 is held at 10 a.m. ET on March 18. Experts will testify on the role Section 230 has played in the digital era, and how it affects the regulation of online expression and conduct. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said in a statement announcing the hearing that h…

Senator Baldwin is right. Section 230 protects abortion speech and LGBTQ resources online.

Fight for the Future has been fighting back attempts to repeal or sunset Section 230 with grassroots support and organizations through badinternetbills.com and whatissection230.org. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on Section 230 this morning, 30 years after the birth of this law that has protected user-generated speech from censorship on the internet. Despite […]

TPA Celebrates Section 230…So Should Everybody

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Knight Institute’s Nadine Farid Johnson Testifies Before Senate Committee on Section 230

Appearing today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at a hearing titled “Liability or Deniability? Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30,” the Institute’s Policy Director Nadine Farid Johnson underscored the provision’s vital role in protecting free speech online—while acknowledging that difficult questions remain about the scope of its protections and outlining structural reforms to ensure online platforms