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Section 230 Amendment strips websites of immunity from anonymous commenters « The Legal Satyricon
The actual bill is here.
https://randazza.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/senate-bill-1.pdf
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is not particularly known for his friendliness toward the First Amendment, is at it again. As chairman of the Senate homeland security committee, Lieberman urged Twitter to stop hosting pro-Taliban tweets last fall, in addition to persuading Internet companies to remove blog posts that promote terrorism. It appears hes now taking the idea one step further by proposing an amendment to section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. (Source.) Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230) grants immunity to Internet Service Providers from being held liable for the comments of third parties to their websites. Basically, its what shields review sites like TripAdvisor or Yelp from butthurt business owners holding them liable for disgruntled third parties reviews. It is also what allows all of you to say whatever you want in the comments without The Legal Satyricon being taken to task for it (legally).
However, Liebermans proposed amendment would change that. The new language reads:
NoA provider or user of an interactive computer service shall may be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
Section 230 Amendment strips websites of immunity from anonymous commenters « The Legal Satyricon
The actual bill is here.
https://randazza.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/senate-bill-1.pdf