Congress Urged to Maintain CDA Section 230 Liability Balance
It’s vital to continue holding online content creators responsible for their work and shielding websites from liability for that content, said more than 75 academics, experts and civil society organizations Thursday. They warned Congress against altering Section 230 of the…
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Communications Decency Act (see 1907090062) and potential harms to free speech and exchange of ideas. The group cited seven principles for guiding Section 230 amendments. Americans for Prosperity, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, New America's Open Technology Institute, R Street Institute and TechFreedom were among those signing. Content creators bear primary responsibility for their speech and actions, and hosts shouldn’t be forced to remove constitutionally protected speech, the group argued. Content moderation shouldn’t be discouraged, and Section 230 doesn’t and shouldn’t require political neutrality, it argued.