Biden's Top Tech Advisor Trots Out Dangerous Ideas For 'Reforming' Section 230

Biden's Top Tech Advisor Trots Out Dangerous Ideas For 'Reforming' Section 230

4 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201208/17023245848/bidens-top-tech-advisor-trots-out-dangerous-ideas-reforming-section-230.shtml

It is now broadly recognized that Joe Biden doesn't like Section 230 and has repeatedly shown he doesn't understand what it does. Multiple people keep insisting to me, however, that once he becomes president, his actual tech policy experts will understand the law better, and move Biden away from his nonsensical claim that he wishes to "repeal" the law.

In a move that is not very encouraging, Biden's top tech policy advisor, Bruce Reed, along with Common Sense Media's Jim Steyer, have published a bizarre and misleading "but think of the children!" attack on Section 230 that misunderstands the law, misunderstands how it impacts kids, and which suggests incredibly dangerous changes to Section 230. If this is the kind of policy recommendations we're to expect over the next four years, the need to defend Section 230 is going to remain pretty much the same as it's been over the last few years.