Tech companies won't wait for U.S. to act on social media laws, Microsoft's president says

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Microsoft Corp President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said on Friday that ...

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Smith said that Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act, which says that tech companies cannot be sued for what users of their online platforms say, was a needed law in the late 1990s when it first passed but that technology companies are now more mature and should have a “new level of responsibility” for what is said on their sites.

“The laws around the world are going to change, and because technology is so global, American companies will adopt a new approach even if the United States Congress does nothing,” Smith said, during an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler in New York. Smith spoke to Reuters as part of a tour to promote his recently released book, “Tools and Weapons.”

“We won’t sell facial recognition services for the purposes of mass surveillance anywhere in the world,”

 

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For sure they won’t wait, they’re profiting from the loopholes in the laws

These tech companies FOOLED around this long without taking any action, so EVEN if they speed up action it will be SO UNIMPORTANT and NOT WORTHY of ANY APPLAUSE

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