Internet companies urge FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new social media regulations

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A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc , Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday urged the Federal ...

WASHINGTON: A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a Trump administration bid to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content.

The Consumer Technology Association, which represents companies like IBM , Microsoft and Sony, also blasted the effort, saying it would"make compliance all but impossible". FCC Chairman Ajit Pai dismissed calls from the two Democrats on the agency's five-member commission to reject the petition without public comment.President Donald Trump directed the Commerce Department to file the petition after Twitter Inc in May warned readers to fact-check his posts about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mail-in voting.

The petition asks the FCC to limit protections for social media companies under Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that shields social media companies from liability for content posted by their users and allows them to remove lawful but objectionable posts.

 

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