How Big Tech gets away with censorship: 5 facts about §230
As FreedomWorks takes a new position on §230, to date, we have published two pieces that provide important context to this discussion. The first detailed why the statute was…
How Big Tech gets away with censorship: what is § 230 and why was it enacted?
This is the first of three posts examining Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, commonly known as § 230. While the law was enacted with the…
The Revised EARN IT Act is Still Awful
About a month ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) EARN IT Act, S. 3398, setting up a potential full Senate vote. With very few legislative…
EARN IT Remains a Thinly Veiled Assault on Encryption
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to mark up a bill that is a classic piece of Washington, D.C. misdirection. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN…
Messing with Section 230 Protections Will Backfire
A question every liberty lover should store away in the back of their brains when considering policy is this: Would I be okay with this policy if people who despise…