Speaking to @FRCdc now on the fight against human trafficking. Tune into the livestream here http://bit.ly/2uWj7lD or follow on twitter.
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"Section 230 also blocks states from bringing criminal cases against websites that facilitate trafficking."
"Congress obviously never intended Section 230, passed over 20 years ago, to create a lawless internet."
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"I find it hard to imagine that if a business hosted a slave auction, the auctioneer could not be held criminally liable."
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"State Attorneys General should be able to enforce their sex trafficking laws; victims should be allowed to bring cases against websites...
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...and the federal government should be able to pursue criminal charges against websites that are recklessly facilitating the crime."
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"The question now is will Congress act to protect the innocent who are sold online or let my bill fall into oblivion to protect Backpage."
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"I’m optimistic, but I’m also painfully aware that Congress has unaccountably chosen to defer to mistaken courts many times before."
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"I ask for your help in spreading the message & recruiting cosponsors for this bill. This is a serious battle that can't be fought alone."
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RIght, Congress didn't intend to create a lawless Internet - and did not intend to make non-complicit 3rd parties liable for others actions.
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