White House Still Pushing To Slip Section 230 Repeal Into 'Must Pass' Military Spending Bill

White House Still Pushing To Slip Section 230 Repeal Into 'Must Pass' Military Spending Bill

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201201/00522745793/white-house-still-pushing-to-slip-section-230-repeal-into-must-pass-military-spending-bill.shtml

This was rumored a week and a half ago, and at the time I stated that there was no way in hell it was happening, and that it was all just performative nonsense... but yesterday Axios reported that the White House is still pushing Congress to insert a total repeal of Section 230 into the "must pass" National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). At the time, the story was that Trump would make a trade: he wouldn't veto the bill over a provision that removed Confederate army names from US military bases if there was a full repeal of Section 230 in it.

This is silly for all sorts of reasons, including the idea that you're horse trading the law that helped create the open internet for racist military base names in a bill that has fuck all to do with internet/telecom policy. Of course, then Thanksgiving happened, and the President threw a total shitfit because #DiaperDon started trending on Twitter, making him declare that we had to repeal Section 230 for "national security." Seems more like it would be for dealing with the insecurity of the President of the United States.