recently released a draft proposal that would repeal the tech industry’s long-standing liability shield in early 2025. The bipartisan proposal comes amid concerns over child safety, criminal activity, and misinformation in election material online in the run-up to authored the Section 230 Sunset Act.
Section 230 was passed as part of a larger telecommunications package enacted in 1996 and aimed to encourage then-nascent services hosting third-party speech online to curate their forums. Because the legal system at the time triggered liability for those who removed posts but held those who never removed content harmless, the bipartisan measure clarified that the author of posts was a legally responsible party, not the host websites.
Opponents of repealing Section 230 highlight the enormous economic benefits and expansion of speech for everyone that the law has provided. They warn those gains will be jeopardized if Section 230 is scrapped. Faced with increasing liability for leaving posts up, much more third-party content is likely to be removed by platforms in attempts to avoid costly litigation.
The one alteration to Section 230 was the enactment of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act in 2018, which acted as twin carveouts for the liability shield. Critics argue that the changes pushed more illegal activity into less safe alternatives for sex workers and point out that whole online forums, also containing legal speech, were removed to avoid litigation.
The House committee held a hearing on the draft bill this week, but chances for passing the legislation are increasingly slim as the elections in the fall loom ever larger and time in this congressional session runs down.
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