[ April 19, 2024 ]
Some pushback against the goose-stepping fascists.
Texas Governor Abbott working on legislation to prevent social media platforms from ‘canceling conservative speech’
Section 230, a provision in the Communications Deceny Act, currently protects social media companies from liability in relation to content posted on their platforms by third parties
By:Lucas Manfredi, Business News, February 8, 2021:
Story continues below advertisementTexas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his office is working with State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, on legislation that would “prevent social media providers like Facebook & Twitter from canceling conservative speech.”
“We filed a bill about this during the last session two years ago, it passed the Senate did not make it through the House,” Hughes told WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics in an interview on Sunday. “So the bill we’re getting ready to file will say that if a company discriminates against you, deplatforms you, blocks you, kicks you off based on your viewpoint, based on your politics, your religion, based on viewpoint discrimination, it will give you a way to get back online.”
HOW BIG TECH GOT EVEN BIGGER
According to Hughes, the previous bill looked at different options for how users can bring discrimination lawsuits against the social media giants.
“What we would like to do is to give any Texan who’s being discriminated against, the option to bring an action and we think that will get Facebook’s attention, get Twitter’s attention, and cause them to start treating Texans fairly,” Hughes added.
A spokesperson for Twitter declined to comment while representatives for Facebook, Abbott, and Hughes did not immediately return FOX Business’ request for comment.
Hughes and Abbott are not the only government officials seeking to hold big tech accountable for actions on their platforms.
Democratic Sens. Mark Warner, a former tech entrepreneur from Virginia, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota have recently introduced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms Act (SAFE TECH Act), which would aim to mitigate harmful content currently protected by Section 230.
Section 230 is a provision in the Communications Decency Act which shields social media companies from liability in relation to content posted on their platforms by third parties.
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“An original impetus for Section 230 was a state court ruling in 1995 that many consider flawed (and unlikely to have been adopted more broadly), holding an online bulletin board was liable for a user’s defamatory post because it moderated some content and had established content guidelines – signifying editorial control,” the senators wrote. “Section 230 provides “interactive computer services” with immunity from liability for the content of their users. And – reversing the poorly-reasoned 1995 case – ensures that these providers retain this broad immunity even when they engage in moderation efforts of user content.”
The proposed law would end Section 230 protections for ads or paid content, allow victims to seek court orders that would force Big Tech to crack down on misuse, and allow platforms to be sued in a number of situations where they are currently immune.
“Section 230 has provided a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card to the largest platform companies even as their sites are used by scam artists, harassers, and violent extremists to cause damage and injury,” Warner said in a statement.
However, the bill stops short of repealing Section 230 altogether, as some critics have called for, including both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
“How [Big Tech companies] operate has a real-life effect on the safety and civil rights of Americans and people around the world, as well as our democracy,” Klobuchar added. “Holding these platforms accountable for ads and content that can lead to real-world harm is critical, and this legislation will do just that.”
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3 years ago
Florida’s DeSantis is, too!
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3 years ago
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3 years ago
Thank God for Texas!
Where is Mr. Constitution Ted Cruz?
Never mind….Bashing Trump. Of course HE wouldn’t use such violent verbiage….LOL!
When can we have a REAL patriot challenge this two faced swamp creature?
3 years ago
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felix1999
Texas here….was involved in Cruz’s first Senate run etc. But I have to agree with you about Cruz.
TRUMP represents what we think of as American values. The GOP is dead to me !
3 years ago
Well, kinda falls into the day-late-and-a-dollar-short category, but at least somebody is FINALLY doing something.
This should have been done in like 2010 when we saw the start, under hussein-obama, of Real Conservatives being vilified, silenced, persecuted, intimidated, economically attacked and socially marginalized.
But this is only after tens of millions of Conservatives have been silenced. Yet, in over ten years of this, nothing from congress, eGOP, the corrupt DOJ, the FCC, the FTC or any part of the legal / justice system.
3 years ago
Parler is STILL not up and running. Showing the insane decision to not build out their own Servers has proven fatal !
3 years ago
Texas is a captured nation. Long live the Republic of Texas where the Common Law, lawful tender, private property, freedom of speech, et al. exist. I can prove this fact beyond a reasonable doubt, as I have standing, status, authority, agency & the capacity to express myself b/c I control words, words do not control me, as they do you people.
