Republicans working on legislation to strip Twitter of liability protections

Re:Republicans working on legislation to strip Twitter of li... by tmaly on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:44PM (#23341666)

I am wondering if the Communications Decency Act is a violation of the 1st amendment to begin with.

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Re:Republicans working on legislation to strip Twitter of li... by aaaaaaaaaaa10 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:02PM (#23341894)

While the First Amendment generally does not apply to private companies, the Supreme Court has held it “does not disable the government from taking steps to ensure that private interests not restrict . . . the free flow of information and ideas.”

https://www.city-journal.org/html/platform-or-publisher-1588...

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Re:Republicans working on legislation to strip Twitter of li... by Simulacra on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:58PM (#23341841)

I would agree with that. The CDA as a whole has been used to put far too many people in prison, and stifle free speech.

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