Jason Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 New bill strips Facebook, Twitter of Section 230 immunity for spreading vaccine falsehoods ARSTECHNICA.COM Senators target algorithmic curation to limit spread of health misinformation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 To clarify, the scope is relatively limited - it's not the full revocation of Section 230 protections that was floated during the Imbecile's administration: Quote If signed into law, the Health Misinformation Act would strip Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies of some immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which currently prevents Internet firms from being held liable for most content posted on their platforms. The carveout proposed by Klobuchar and Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) would eliminate that legal shield in instances where a platform “promotes health misinformation through an algorithm,” the bill says. The reduced immunity would only kick in during public health emergencies declared by the Department of Health and Human Services. That agency would also be responsible for defining which “health misinformation” platforms need to remove from algorithmic promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Littleronin Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: To clarify, the scope is relatively limited - it's not the full revocation of Section 230 protections that was floated during the Imbecile's administration: I still see this as being a potential of approving of a way to spread false information based on the administration's political priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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