Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday. | Michael Reynolds/Pool via APA proposal by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday for an "expansion" of the online industry's legal shield is the latest sign that some of Silicon Valley's biggest players are open to departing from the industry's once-solid opposition to revising a crucial 1996 statute.
Dorsey's proposals on Section 230 drew relatively limited discussion during the hearing's subsequent three-plus hours, as lawmakers focused more directly on issues including Silicon Valley's alleged censorship of conservatives, extremists' use of platforms like Facebook and threats to the November election.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, whose company dwarfs Twitter in size, also expressed openness to changing Section 230, urging the committee to “update” the law's protections “to make sure it’s working as intended.” Zuckerberg said he broadly supports legislative concepts aimed at boosting transparency on companies' content decisions.
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