Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac i think a lot of the sites that were all concerned about, i dont think should be entitled to section 230 protections. The problem is, section 230 is often decided at a very early stage. So theres no discovery to determine whether the platform has contributed to the development of the content that doesnt receive section 230 protections. I would like to see a standard where the judge believes theres reasonable cause that its contributed to the content. We do that for personal jurisdiction. I think that would be a way to go after the bad actors that never should be getting protected by section 230 while still preserving protections for the sites that really are not contributing to the material. Thats one thing. The second is, i hear from people on all sides about various issues with 230 ranging from there shouldnt be any moderation to there shouldnt be any protection at all. This is all a
Communicators of tech policy roundtable with three working journalist. We will look ahead to the fall at what the congress and executive agencies may be doing when it comes to tech policy. Lets introduce our panel beginning with Emily Birnbaum of the hill. We also have ashley gold of the information, and Alexandra Levine of politico. Ms. Levine, first question to you. Facebook has seen a lot of attention in this town in the last couple of months. Do we expect whats going on with that case and we expect further attention to that company . Thank you for having. Great to be. The ftc 5 billion settlement with facebook which was the culmination of this long privacy probe prompted by the Cambridge Analytica data scandal has divided washington. On the one hand, you have republicans and Industry Groups say this by building daughters find because is the largest to come that that in history of te agency really, that it meant facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democra
40 attorneys general are setting sites on google. It could be a preview of coming attractions when you hear facebook, amazon pop up. First on the google fight, Hillary Vaughn outside of the Supreme Court. Hillary. Reporter almost half of the country state ag are joining forces to investigate silicon valleys biggest tech companies, the first on their list is google. State watchdogs are taking action, looking into whether google is guilty of undermining the competition by buying out startups and ultimately harming consumers through lack of choice. Over 40 state attorneys general are joining the effort and will hold a press conference here on the Supreme Court just two hours from now. Google is responding to this investigation saying they have endured numerous probes related to antitrust globally and are willing to work with regulators, writing this, the doj is asked us to provide information about these past investigations. We expect state attorneys general will ask similar questions. We
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Whats going on with that case and do we expect further attention to that company . Ms. Levine thank you for having me, it is great to be here. Settlement5 billion with facebook, culminating the cambridge Analytical Data scandal, has divided washington. On one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying the 5 billion fine, because it was the largest in the history of the agency, it met facebook was being held accountable. On the others, you have democrats and consumer and privacy advocates blasting the ftcs track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and how much money it has, this wont deter facebook from bad behavior in the future. Right now in washington, we are in this wait and see mode with facebook. Facebook is still doing damage control to convince skeptics and lawmakers who are, by the way, watching facebooks every move to see if there are any other privacy missteps. Facebook is trying to prove itself to these skeptics and lawmakers. At the sam