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The News Media Alliance says “policymakers should limit the safe harbor exemption within the law that protects tech platforms from being sued for the content that other people post on its site.” That law, CDA 230, also protects news sites from being sued for nefarious behavior in their comments sections. But ah, you see, the feds “should start by limiting the exemption for just the very largest companies who…have the greatest capacities to take legal responsibility for their commercial decisions.” —
Tags:
CDA 230,
Communications Decency Act,
liability,
media law,
News Media Alliance,
user generated content
