Tag: Section 230
The FCC is examining whether to roll back Section 230 laws that protect social media firms, drawing fire for being Trump’s ‘puppet’
Democracy in demise: Trump Administration puppet Ajit Pai says FCC will interpret Section 230
Access Now strongly condemns the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s decision to interpret Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Civil society to U.S. Congress: don’t let disinformation run rampant
Access Now and public interest partners oppose the Online Content Policy Modernization Act, legislation that would hamper platforms’ ability to combat disinformation and hate speech.
Unpacking the PACT Act
The PACT Act is the most reasonable approach we’ve seen to date to reform Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act. While not the silver bullet solution, the bill has the potential to move us in the right direction on liability reform.
Amend Section 230? Not Trump’s call
Access Now submitted comments to the U.S. FCC condemning President Trump’s petition that asks the agency to reinterpret Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Access Now publishes U.S. digital rights agenda
Access Now releases its digital rights policy recommendations for the incoming U.S. president.
Senators chart moderate new path on Section 230 reform
Twitter corrects Trump’s inaccurate ballot tweet, so he retaliates with legally nonsensical executive order
Access Now lambasts President Trump’s executive order to undermine Section 230 and defends Twitter’s decision to fact-check the president’s erroneous tweet.
The EARN IT Act would undermine security and harm millions of innocent Americans
Access Now joined 24 organizations opposing the EARN IT Act, which threatens free speech, security, and privacy.
2020 is an important year for digital rights in the U.S. Here’s our agenda.
Here are the opportunities for promoting and protecting digital rights that the U.S. policy team will focus on in the year ahead.