Josh Hawley’s plan to regulate Big Tech companies has finally taken form.
The Missouri senator just introduced the “Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act,” which would modify section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in an attempt to deal with alleged conservative bias by social media companies. Section 230 was originally put in place to provide legal protections to online intermediaries that host speech from third parties, such as Facebook and YouTube, so they aren’t held liable for content users post on their platforms. It also allows these companies to moderate their content.
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