I don’t think it will pass, do you?
Not much chance this gets out of the house. I thought Trump was looking at action through regulation that wont require new law.
It seems to me when social media begins to fact check then they become fully responsible for everything that is posted from that point forward.
What makes Twitter and Facebook think they're allowed to fact-check anyone using their services?
Oh, yeah. That's right -- leftists...
It has zero chance of passing, but this avenue needs to be pursued. These creeps were meant to get immunity based on upholding free speech on their platforms. They have failed to do so and have shown themselves willing to be pawns of the ChiComs. As a result, they need to be exposed to legal liability.
Can’t wait to see how they define who this pertains to.
Couldn’t the argument already be made that by their actions of censoring and Fact Checking and Misleading notices... is in and of itself Publishing, and the Immunity Clause DOES NOT APPLY Anymore???
We need to stop beating our heads against the Twitter, Google, and Facebooks in our country.
The legislation is not needed or required. It is a slippery slope. If we can regulate those companies by fiat (sic?) then what is to say that OAN and Rush Limbaugh cannot regulate as well?
Conservatives need to come up with a viable competitive product.
I’m thinking the democrats will block it.
But what about a court challenge? Private platform ruling?
Zero chance the dem controlled house passes this.
Once a social network provides “fact checking,” they are providing editorial content. And if they are providing editorial content, they can be held accountable for the content they provide.
If a social network provides no editorial content, no fact checking, then they’re only a platform, and not a publisher, and can’t really be entirely responsible for what appears there ...
100% the correct response.
Why can’t somebody in the SENATE hold a hearing, invite the Twitter censor, and shame the heck out of him/her?
Good idea, but Nasty Peelousy will never let it go through.
This type of censorship has gone on forever. Decades ago, a candidate running against Senator Mark Hatfield in Oregon wanted to buy a full page ad in the Oregonian. The ad would show Hatfield’s voting record. The Oregonian refused to run the ad.