The executive order - purportedly to crack down on alleged “censorship” - came shortly after Twitter attached a fact-checking notice to Trump’s tweets. Talks about changing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act have been going on for some time, but gained steam in May after President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting social media platforms. The draft would need still to be passed by Congress, but both Democrats (including the presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden) and Republicans have said they want to look into the legal protections that social media outlets now have. Platforms could also end up facing civil suits relating to content that promotes online child exploitation and terrorism. The legislation would also enforce a standard that tech companies must remove “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent” content or lose their legal immunity. Under the new draft, legal immunity would be removed when platforms enable criminal activity or don’t consistently follow their content moderation policies - an allegation that has long riled conservatives who claim tech companies unfairly censor their views. While the legislation is just a draft, the DOJ’s suggestions focus on narrowing the criteria online platforms would need to meet to have liability protections and establish what type, if any, immunity platforms get for specific cases, according to CNBC. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled legislation to radically reform Section 230 on Wednesday, September 23, which would strip many of the legal protections social media platforms and tech companies now have by making them liable for users’ posts.
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