Lawmakers debate ending Section 230 in order to save it

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House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Frank Pallone proposed sunsetting Section 230, tech’s legal liability shield, to incentivize reform.

A pair of legislators have a plan to save Section 230: kill it so that Congress is forced to come up with a better version. That was the topic of discussion at a hearing on Wednesday in the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. It came on the heels of the committee leaders’ proposal for the sunset, which they announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Tummarello said the same online communities she turned to for emotional and practical support shrank, and she saw women express fear of posting about seeking reproductive care online. “I don’t think anyone’s intending to repeal 230 to get at women like me,” Tummarello said. “But I do really worry that’s the unintended consequence here.

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