.@PressClubDC hosting event now featuring @andysfight and @abfrancois of #GeorgetownLaw's Civil Rights Clinic discussing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and it should be extended to restrict graphic video and conspiracies.
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"Google has a duty to ensure the removal" of graphic video and conspiracy theories that continue to populate their platforms.
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Section 230 of CDA was amended to restrict online sex trafficking and child pornography. The section can be extended to block moment of death videos and conspiracies as well,
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@abfrancois: "We’re asking people to consider the human right aspect of Section 230."@PressClubDC1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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@andysfight announces that he plans to work with lawmakers to craft legislation called "Alison’s Law" to ensure murder videos are restricted in Section 230.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
@abfrancois: Google's terms of service says that "moments of death" should not be featured on their platform. They are violating their own TOS.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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@andysfight: Alison's Law would revoke immunity the tech companies like Google have under Section 230 for targeted harassment, hate speech and “moment of death” videos.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
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@abfrancois: "When 230 immunity was extended to tech platforms unspoken assumption that they would police themselves."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
.@abfrancois: If these platforms are protecting videos like Alison's murder from being used for money or entertainment, "how can we trust them to apply any standards at all?"
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