Senate Republicans Ask FCC to Define Tech Liability Protections

Take a “fresh look at Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and clearly define the criteria for which companies can receive protections,” four Senate Republicans wrote the FCC Tuesday. The letter, from Sens. Marco Rubio, Fla.; Kelly Loeffler, Ga.; Josh Hawley, Mo.; and Kevin Cramer, N.D., cites “recent troubling activities by social media companies, including partisan attempts to silence political speech and efforts to silence critics of the Chinese Communist Party.” President Donald Trump's executive order (see 2006040056) directs NTIA to petition the FCC for a rulemaking to clarify the scope of Section 230. The FCC didn’t comment.