Section230 protects these companies from legal liability even when they engage in viewpoint discrimination. What changes, if any, should be made to section 230 or laws regarding social media companies more broadly? Yeah, you know, Section 230 actually comes out of a part of the 1996 Telecommunications act, well before these social media companies existed. And so I think for these companies to kind of hide behind that is a problem. (13:46–13:58)
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Asserts that Section 230 originated from the 1996 Telecommunications Act, predating social media companies.
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