Heartland Institute experts James Taylor, President of
The Heartland Institute, and Cameron Sholty,
Heartland’s Director of Government Relations.
James Taylor
For Mr. Taylor, the most important thing for state legislators and the general public to understand -- because we have been told this myth over and over again -- is that Section 230 precludes states from passing legislation that would protect people's free speech rights on the Internet.
Said Taylor: “Yes, federal law preempts state where the two conflict, but Section 230 does not give tech giants (the tech cartels) the right to censor political free speech. This is something the tech giants (the tech cartels) have given a lot of money to a lot of people and a lot or organizations on both sides of the political aisle to lay claim to.”