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House Witnesses Mixed on Proposed Section 230 Repeal

Meanwhile, lobbying groups and think tanks largely denounced the move.

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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House Witnesses Mixed on Proposed Section 230 Repeal
Screenshot of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, at Wednesday's hearing

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2024 – A House proposal to shutter the law that protects social media and other platforms from liability for the content posted by their users received mixed responses from witnesses at a hearing on Wednesday.

The proposed legislation, unveiled last week by House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act at the end of 2025. The two co-authored a Wall Street Journal op-ed outlining their reasoning.

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