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Dick Durbin: “Last Congress, Big Tech and its allies in the House killed a…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Sen. Durbin Joins Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Demand Accountability for Big Tech

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

Sunsetting section 230 could force big Tech to the table to negotiate real reform that provides real accountability. I'm under no illusion that this will be easy. Last Congress, Big Tech and its allies in the House killed a bill, the Kids Online Safety and Privacy act, that would have imposed a basic duty of care on tech platforms. That bill passed the Senate 91 to 3. Yet we couldn't get a single vote by the leadership in the Republican controlled House. Something needs to change. (02:20–02:31)

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Asserts that Big Tech and its allies in the House killed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act in the last Congress.

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