Twitter, Facebook and other platforms would be stripped of liability protections if they spread public-health misinformation, a Senate bill proposes
WASHINGTON—Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a bill Thursday that would strip online platforms such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. of liability protections if their technology spreads misinformation aboutThe bill, which Ms. Klobuchar has previously telegraphed was in the works, would create an exception to
that shields internet platforms from lawsuits for content generated by their users and other third parties.for modifying Section 230, a provision in the 1996 Communications Decency Act that generally shields internet platforms from liability for content posted by users on their sites. The bill’s introduction follows a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which found that a significant amount of false information about vaccines comes from 12 social-media users.
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