Why Congress can’t stop talking about Section 230
There's finally momentum in Congress to make serious changes to Section 230 - and not everyone's happy about it. Last year's antitrust hearings have given way to a full-court press on regulating big companies like Facebook and Google, and many in Congress see peeling back Section 230 as an easier way forward than GDPR-style privacy regulation or a full-scale antitrust breakup.
So on Monday, we hosted an event exploring what those regulations might look like, starting with a keynote on tech regulation from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). After that, we had a panel of three experts - Vimeo's Michael Cheah, Wikimedia's Amanda Keton, and writer and strategist Sydette Harry - dig into the details of Section 230 and how the things they care about...