Facebook, Twitter and others could lose protection from lawsuits

OSTN Staff

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act prevents social-media firms from facing any liability because of posts written by subscribers. It also allows these social media apps to moderate posts published on their sites. Last month, after Twitter posted a fact check of a tweet written by President Donald Trump involving mail-in ballots, that directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop rules that would allow social-media companies to remove content from their sites while remaining protected by Section 230. At the same time, Trump asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) …

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