By NAOMI NIX | Bloomberg | Published: May 6, 2021 The decision by a Facebook panel to extend for up to six months former President Donald Trump s banishment from the social media platform has renewed calls to revoke the legal shield that enabled Facebook to grow into one of the richest and most powerful companies in the world. Minutes after the announcement, it was clear that the Facebook ruling hadn t pleased liberals or conservatives. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted that Republicans would move to rein in big tech power over our speech if the GOP takes control of the House after the 2022 midterm elections.
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Section 230, which turned 25 years old this month, has played a central role in shaping the internet. Over the past year, Congress has introduced several proposals to change the law some of them drastic but the bills have often focused on a handful of very large tech companies like Facebook and Google. In reality, Section 230 has created a lot of the web as we know it.
On Monday, March 1st, we’re holding an event on Section 230 and the future of tech regulation. After a keynote from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), I’ll be sitting down with Wikimedia Foundation general counsel Amanda Keton, Vimeo general counsel Michael Cheah, and writer and strategist Sydette Harry to discuss how changing Section 230 could change the web. For a broader sense of its impact, however, I also spoke to a range of companies, nonprofits, legal experts, and others with a stake in preserving or reforming the law.