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Now that Klobuchar and Grassley brought AICOA back, little/medium/app/travel tech are renewing their push
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Exclusive: Why Section 230 May Finally Change
Judges are chipping away at Section 230 with conflicting rulings, and social media addiction lawsuits add to the legal uncertainty. 🤯
The legal landscape is shifting: theinformation.com/articles/…
#LegalTech
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Today, I begin my new job as the first-ever Executive Director of @_InternetWorks_ , a trade association of small and medium-sized technology companies working to preserve the internet as a limitless place of possibility.
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.@Google & @Meta are the targets, but sunsetting 230 would also impact small companies, startup platforms, newspapers w/ comment sections, review sites like @Yelp, & every other online service that accepts material from users, as noted by @_InternetWorks_:
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Today, @NetChoice, with @ACLU, @ProgressChamber, @ccianet, @EngineOrg, @INCOMPAS, @iab, @i2Coalition, @_InternetWorks_, @PENamerica, @SIIA, @Protectaxpayers, and @TechFreedom, sent a letter to leaders in Congress against attaching KOSA to the FAA reauthorization bill.
We urge members to vote NO on including the KOSA amendment to FAA reauthorization and on any further floor consideration until the broad concerns about the bill are addressed. netchoice.org/wp-content/upl…
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Gaps in federal law prevent the preservation of reports for online child exploitation, hindering law enforcement from holding these criminals accountable.
Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for your support—the REPORT Act now heads to President Biden's desk.
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LETTER: Congress, Protect Kids Online By Investing in Child Safety
WASHINGTON—Today, NetChoice, with @CenDemTech @ProgressChamber @ccianet @i2Coalition @_InternetWorks_ @OTW_News @RSI @SIIA @StopPredators @TechFreedom @TechNetUpdate, sent a letter to Congress, calling on legislators to protect children online by passing the Invest in Child Safety Act.
NetChoice is proud to support this constitutional, bipartisan bill that would give law enforcement across the U.S. the critical resources they need to investigate, prosecute and stop predators abusing kids online.
“We encourage policymakers to enact the Invest in Child Safety Act,” said the groups signing onto the letter. “This legislation would direct resources where they are most needed, including $5 billion in mandatory funding to investigate and target the predators and abusers who create and share child sexual abuse material online and substantial new funding for vital community-based efforts to prevent children from becoming victims in the first place.”
The letter points out: “A 2023 report released by Stop Child Predators found that in 2022, law enforcement only had the capacity and resources to investigate less than 1% of all reports of CSAM received by the CyberTipline. Unfortunately, many laws aimed at combating CSAM do not include proper funding for enforcing such laws. The lack of funding results in law enforcement agencies being overwhelmed by the amount of material and unable to properly identify and prosecute bad actors.”
Tech is not the police—only law enforcement can put predators behind bars. They must have the resources to properly do so.
Congress: pass the Invest in Child Safety Act.
You can read the full letter sent today HERE: netchoice.org/wp-content/upl…
The text of the Invest in Child Safety Act here: wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/d…
Read about NetChoice’s SHIELD to keep kids—and all Americans—safe online here: netchoice.org/SHIELD
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Before a @JudiciaryDems subcommittee hearing on #Section230 today, CCIA and a diverse group of 37 organizations reminded lawmakers in a letter that “because of Section 230, people have more ways, places, and opportunities to connect than ever before.”
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A looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on a key internet liability law could upend the business landscape — not just for giant platforms but for small and mid-size firms that fear a massive upheaval. trib.al/Y6S1VR8
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NEW from me: why tech firms way beyond Google fear an upcoming Supreme Court case will be ruinous for the internet: axios.com/2023/02/07/tech-fi… – at Washington, DC
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“Without Section 230, Wikipedia could not exist.”
Our Associate General Counsel, Jacob Rogers, explains how an upcoming decision by the US Supreme Court could jeopardize the ability of Wikimedia users to share free knowledge. Via @techreview ⬇️
technologyreview.com/2023/02…
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Just a regular reminder that #Section230 is about so much more than just the biggest social media platforms...
For many, #Section230 is a panacea for fixing the Internet. However, it’s one of the foundational laws that created today’s Internet, and it helps enable the diversity we see online. Check out the top 5 things you should know about #Section230: theinternet.works/wp-content…
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“Section 230 allows communities to practice content moderation to their own standards. For example #LGBTQ websites do not have to allow content that is harmful to their community. It is because of #Section230 that they can moderate their spaces without facing liability” #LGBTTech
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.@rmack making some great points that there are better ways to go after disinformation campaigns than amending #Section230 — privacy, transparency, and best practices collaboration to name a few. #SOTN2022
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"Eroding Section 230, however, is not the way to eliminate CSAM, which is already illegal and unprotected content.
Section 230 enables our platforms to take quick, decisive action to remove CSAM and any content violating our platforms’ guidelines."
Internet Works looks forward to working with Congress to keep users safe and to help victims realize justice, while ensuring #Section230 remains an available tool in these efforts.
Full statement on EARN IT Act passage out of Senate Judiciary Committee: theinternet.works/statement-…
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My latest post
Section 230 reform: Flawed arguments and unintended consequences aei.org/technology-and-innov… via @AEI
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This article explains why these bills, if they actually survive Constitutional challenges, would create an Internet that no one wants papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
NEW: In the year since Jan. 6 — and Trump's deplatforming — lawmakers in more than half of U.S. states have introduced anti-content moderation bills.
This map is bonkers: protocol.com/bulletins/anti-…
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#CDA230 is a fundamental US law that protects and promotes speech online! The world would be a much darker place for content creators, consumers, and @_InternetWorks_ companies like @patreon if it were repealed. Check out my op-ed to learn more! insidesources.com/what-would…
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Interview with former Rep. Chris Cox, co-author of Section 230, with @ShaneTews @AEItech. aei.org/technology-and-innov…
"Repealing the law entirely would return us to the legal no man’s land that necessitated 230 in the first place."
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"A World Without Section 230" hosted by Internet Works, with The Hill, Public Knowledge, Patreon, Discord, and ALA. @_InternetWorks_ @thehill @publicknowledge @Patreon @discord @millsrodrigo @ChrisJ_Lewis @LCrenshaw @sbadalich
#ICYMI: Last week we hosted a panel, moderated by @millsrodrigo, with @AlanSInouye, @ChrisJ_Lewis, @LCrenshaw, and @sbadalich. They had a lively discussion on what the world would look like without #Section230.
Check out the full webinar: youtu.be/2gjebnvznEM
