Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene throws support behind Section 230 repeal bill
by Makena Kelly from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YNPK)
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Standing beside a poster-sized printout of her suspended Twitter account, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a new bill on Thursday to abolish Section 230 - the hotly debated law that protects tech companies from liability over what users post on their platforms.
Titled the 21st Century FREE Speech Act, Greene's measure serves as the House companion to a Senate version of the bill introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) last year. The bill would repeal Section 230 and replace it with language requiring reasonable, non-discriminatory access to online communications platforms" by classifying them as common carriers."
Greene's announcement comes days after Elon Musk won a bid to take Twitter private at $54.20 a share, with Musk...