Sen. Josh Hawley announces a bill targeting Section 230, letting consumers sue platforms with 30M+ US MAUs over alleged censorship of political speech and more
stop the spread of liberal + progressive ideas. What they did to the “news” they will do to the Internet. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : Josh Hawley, the ultimate Politics Is For Posting senator, has a new bill that will let you sue the mods. https://www.axios.com/... Meghan McCain / @meghanmccain : Really grateful to you Senator and (@SenTomCotton @marcorubio) for introducing legislation to stop Silicon Valley censorship. The fact @Google thinks they can deplatform publications because they don't agree with their politics is petrifying & dangerous to all Americans. https://twitter.com/... Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : I always think about Reddit's r/The_Donald, where one of the rules was once “no dissent” and a user was once banned for writing the sentence “companies will be incentivized to move 100% offshore.” Does that guy get $5,000 now or what? https://www.axios.com/... Jane Coaston / @cjane87 : This legislation also relies on a “good faith” clause which definitely has never ended up going horribly, nope https://twitter.com/...
Today I'm introducing new legislation to combat #BigTech censorship. It gives users the right to sue if the big platforms enforce their terms unfairly or unequally. Proud to be joined by @marcorubio @SenTomCotton @SenatorBraun https://www.axios.com/...
Alternate headline: “Hawley, Cotton, Rubio Use Hamfisted, Intrusive Content Moderation as Cover for a Bill That Would Make Content Moderation Even More Hamfisted and Intrusive” https://www.axios.com/...
This cause is a farce. There's no doubt we must update our laws to more effectively regulate social media companies. But this work by Hawley, backed by FedSoc, has one goal—stop the spread of liberal + progressive ideas. What they did to the “news” they will do to the Internet. h…
Really grateful to you Senator and (@SenTomCotton @marcorubio) for introducing legislation to stop Silicon Valley censorship. The fact @Google thinks they can deplatform publications because they don't agree with their politics is petrifying & dangerous to all Americans. https://…
I always think about Reddit's r/The_Donald, where one of the rules was once “no dissent” and a user was once banned for writing the sentence “companies will be incentivized to move 100% offshore.” Does that guy get $5,000 now or what? https://www.axios.com/...