Summary
Lawmakers are once again pushing to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields online platforms from legal liability for user-generated content.
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are collaborating on a bipartisan bill to sunset the law in two years.
Repealing Section 230 aims to force Congress to renegotiate platform liability standards.
The proposal reflects growing frustration over tech giants’ power and content moderation practices, but past efforts have faced political gridlock despite bipartisan support.
If it accidentally kills Facebook and X, that would be a silver lining. But then again they have the money and connections to be effectively immune. Its smaller sites that would suffer, and it would be selectively enforced as another means of political persecution
Nice thing about the Fediverse is you don’t have to host it in the USA.
Might be dangerous for Fediverse hosters outside the US to visit the US as well.