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John Duarte: “So far as social media controls its content, a section 230…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 50:03

The section 230 protections that that these social media platforms get are there for bulletin boards where people don't control the content or entities don't control the content. And So far as social media controls its content, a section 230 protection shouldn't exist. And so we need to reassess those protections that social media has. Foreign ownership of american business, foreign ownership of farmland, foreign ownership of our media companies is always a concern, and we should understand clearly what are our foreign ownership rules. (50:03–50:10)

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Asserts that social media platforms that control content should not have Section 230 protections.

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