Senate Lawmakers Appear Opposed to Full Section 230 Repeal
Witnesses and lawmakers supported a more targeted reform approach to online platform regulation.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2026 — A more targeted approach or full repeal? This is the question currently on the minds of lawmakers as they determine how to tackle the 30-year-old law that “built the internet."
At a Senate Commerce, Science and Technology hearing on Wednesday, Senators appeared skeptical of a full repeal of Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that provided a liability shield to technology companies for content posted by third-party users on their platforms.
Lawmakers have long debated whether this law still makes sense given the rapid rise in power of Big Tech and social media’s apparent harms, while at the same time upholding free speech concerns.
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