Pallone Invites Lighthizer to Testify at Section 230 Hearing

House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., invited U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to testify at an Oct. 16 hearing (see 1909260041) on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Pallone and ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., wrote USTR in August asking Lighthizer to not include Section 230-like protections in trade deals, given ongoing policy discussions about the tech industry's liability shield. “It’s important for the Committee to hear directly from Ambassador Lighthizer about how these provisions may affect the ability of the United States and our trading partners to enforce existing laws or write new ones,” said Pallone. USTR didn't comment.