Article 57XWX Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech

Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech

by
Casey Newton
from The Verge on (#57XWX)
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One aspect of the 2020 presidential campaign that isn't much discussed is the fact that both candidates want to end the internet as we know it. Both President Trump and Joe Biden have called for the end of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects tech companies in most cases when their users post something illegal on their platforms.

Trump brought the subject up today when a Twitter account with fewer than 200 followers posted an obviously doctored image of Senate Majority Mitch McConnell dressed up in Soviety military garb, with the caption reading Moscow Mitch."

Why does Twitter leave phony pictures like this up, but take down Republican/Conservative pictures and statements that are true?" the president wanted...

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