US President once more calls for Section 230 reform
Joe Biden, the US President, has written an opinion piece calling for broad political support for a crusade against Big Tech.
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US government gears up for another attack on big tech
Ahead of another attempt to bring big tech companies to heel, the White House got a bunch of experts together to list its many sins.
US Senators bid to amend Section 230 to censor social media
A couple of Democrat Senators want to make social media companies liable for public health ‘misinformation’ on their platforms.
US inches towards regulating social media platforms as utilities
American Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has publicly questioned the contradictions presented by the current legal status of social media platforms.
Facebook shows its hand on Section 230 reform
Ahead of yet another US political grilling, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is proposing that Section 230 protections should be restricted to those sites with comment screening systems.
New FCC Chair Rosenworcel claims to value freedom of speech – let’s see
New US President Biden has promoted FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to chair the regulator and the policing of social media is likely to be her biggest single task.
FCC Commissioner Pai’s Section 230 reform plans run out of time
The legal protections enjoyed by social media companies need updating, but that responsibility will fall to the Democrat-controlled FCC.
Social media companies set to permanently ban President Trump
The storming of the Capitol by a few nutters in fancy dress seems to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back regarding Trump’s relationship with social media.
Trump nominated FCC commissioner confirmed, Democrat types sulk
US President Trump has managed to get Nathan Simington, an ally in the attempt to reform Section 230, confirmed as an FCC Commissioner.
President Trump resorts to nuclear option over Section 230
As social media platforms exercise increasing editorial control over their users, the protections granted to them in US become increasingly obsolete.
As US Senators posture ineffectually, Spotify takes a stand on censorship
The Senate hearing on internet censorship was largely a waste of time, but at least one company is daring to resist the authoritarian tide.
Reforming Section 230 to allow only censorship of illegal content will create a more open internet
Later today the US internet giants will be grilled by the Senate over how they censor their platforms, with Section 230 protections at stake.
Internet censorship is accelerating
Zoom, Patreon and YouTube are joining the fun as Silicon Valley increasingly strives to control the public square.
The FCC asserts its authority to rule on Section 230 social media protections
Republican politicians are pushing for reforms to Section 230, which protects internet platforms from liability for the content they host, and they want the FCC to help.
Apparent interference in the US elections lands social media in hot water
Twitter and Facebook blocked a NY Post report that was damaging to a US Presidential candidate, leading to renewed calls to remove their Section 230 protection.
President Trump moves to restrict subjective social media censorship
The US President’s crusade to tackle what he perceives as biased political censorship by social media platforms is gathering momentum.
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly replaced after opposing social media regulation
The US government has nominated NTIA advisor Nathan Simington to replace Commissioner Mike O’Rielly at its telecoms regulator, apparently because he opposed plans to tighten social media regulation.
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