Government,
Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Nov. 11, 2021
State lawmakers mull costs, benefits of social media control
An informational hearing of the state Senate Judiciary Committee focused on the influence of the First Amendment and Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act on efforts to hold social media companies accountable for offensive, misleading or harmful content posted on their platforms.
The state Senate Judiciary Committee heard this week from law professors and industry representatives favoring and opposing government regulation of social media, with topics ranging from the cost of such measures to calls for stricter transparency mandates.
“The issues we look to tackle and better understand today have been around for some time and have grown exponentially over the last few years,” the committee chair, Sen. Tom J. Umberg,...
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