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Nicholas Begich: “Internet platforms have been given that legal immunity…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 42:40

So there's a way to create that legal liability shield and allow for innovation to take hold. The problem is, now you have those same Internet platforms have been given that legal immunity shield for the content that shows up on their platforms. and they have decided that they're going to selectively moderate content based on their own version of their corporate values or what they think is right and wrong. (42:40–43:01)

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Asserts that internet platforms have legal immunity for content on their platforms.

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