Google, Reddit defend tech legal protections ahead of Congress hearing

WASHINGTON - A 23-year-old law giving technology companies legal protection from lawsuits over user-generated content remains critical to the internet’s future, Alphabet Inc’s Google unit and social media site Reddit Inc said in testimony released on Tuesday.

Lawmakers from both major political parties have said Congress could make additional changes to the law to restrict companies’ immunity. Last year, Congress made it easier for prosecutors and sex-trafficking victims to sue social media networks, advertisers and others that kept exploitative material on their platforms.

Katherine Oyama, Google’s global head of intellectual property policy, said Section 230 incentivizes “action against harmful content” and Google has more than 10,000 people working on content moderation. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Section 230 has incentivized “good faith attempts to mitigate the unavoidable downsides of free expression.

davidshepardson A la mierda Google......por fascistas.

davidshepardson Too late........

davidshepardson Section 230 of the CDA is not 'tech protection'. It is a clause which gives sites acting in good faith a safe harbour from liability as to content posted therein. This hearing is about if that good faith is being abused.

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