Counter Extremism Project: Tech & Terrorism - Tech's Activist Role in Content Moderation Undermines Industry Arguments for Section 230 Protections
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
NEW YORK, May 22 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release:
Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) has provided blanket liability protection to encourage tech firms to proactively remove hateful, abusive, violent, and other unwanted content . . .
Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) has provided blanket liability protection to encourage tech firms to proactively remove hateful, abusive, violent, and other unwanted content . . .