GOP Fights Back: House Republicans Launch
Massive Assault Against Big Tech, Unveil 32 Bills
Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/30/2021 2:00:04 PM
House Republicans launched an effort to rein in Big Tech’s growing tyranny with an onslaught of new bills in a massive push to fight back against online censorship. Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled a package of 32 bills to hold Big Tech accountable by reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, protecting children and improving transparency, among other goals. “Big Tech has broken our trust that they can be good and responsible stewards of their platforms,” said Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). McMorris Rodgers did note that “the goal is for these drafts is to lead to concrete legislation and reforms.
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