Zuckerberg And Facebook Throw The Open Internet Under The Bus; Support Section 230 Reform

Zuckerberg And Facebook Throw The Open Internet Under The Bus; Support Section 230 Reform

4 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201027/14034445599/zuckerberg-facebook-throw-open-internet-under-bus-support-section-230-reform.shtml

This shouldn't be much of a surprise, unfortunately, but it appears that once again Facebook is the first to crack under political pressure, and has decided to sell out the open internet and free speech online. In testimony Mark Zuckerberg is planning to give tomorrow to the Senate Commerce Committee, he's going to say a few nice things about Section 230, immediately followed by him saying the company now supports reforming the law. The praise for Section 230 is accurate, but it doesn't much matter when he takes it back immediately:

However, the debate about Section 230 shows that people of all political persuasions are

unhappy with the status quo. People want to know that companies are taking responsibility for

combatting harmful content—especially illegal activity—on their platforms. They want to know

that when platforms remove content, they are doing so fairly and transparently. And they want to

make sure that platforms are held accountable.