Trump’s executive order targeting Twitter is based on a law called Section 230 — which may be the most important law for speech on the internetThat rare bipartisan spirit was on display during the opening statements of both committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell , who each took the tech giants to task — albeit for very different reasons.
Cantwell focused on concerns about the role of social media in the decline of local news and enabling Russian election interference. Pichai labeled the internet “a powerful force for good” and an “equalizer,” while also citing a responsibility on the company’s part to protect users from harmful content — something Google does “without political bias,” he added.
“Section 230 helped create the internet as we know it … but the internet has also evolved, and I think that Congress should update the law to make sure that it’s working as intended,” Zuckerberg said, echoing
wow