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210,000 deaths later, Trump reverts to comparing the coronavirus to the flu
Trump response: "REPEAL SECTION 230!!!" of the Communications Decency Act.
Section 230 says that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider" (47 U.S.C. § 230). In other words, online intermediaries that host or republish speech are protected against a range of laws that might otherwise be used to hold them legally responsible for what others say and do.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/facebook-removes-trump-post-falsely-comparing-coronavirus-and-the-flu.html
Trump response: "REPEAL SECTION 230!!!" of the Communications Decency Act. https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230
Finally! Something Trump and Biden can agree on. Until now.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21070403/joe-biden-president-election-section-230-communications-decency-act-revoke