Barr, DOJ want platforms like Facebook and Twitter to lose protection from lawsuits

Currently, social media companies are protected from being sued over posts made by their subscribers by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But with the recent assault by the Justice Department (DOJ) on big tech firms, perhaps it is no surprise then that Attorney General William Barr wants to shake things up. that during a public meeting held today by the DOJ, Barr pointed out that "No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts. They have become titans. Given this changing technological landscape, valid questions have been raised about whether Section 230’s broad immunity ...

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