Comment: US Senate hearing on Section 230 fizzles amid partisan rancor
By Dave Perera ( October 28, 2020, 21:50 GMT | Comment) -- A US Senate hearing featuring chief executives of America’s largest online platforms saw its putative subject — Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996 — reduced to brief mentions amid outbursts from Republican lawmakers over alleged conservative bias and Democratic complaints about the hearing’s close proximity to the November presidential election.A US Senate hearing featuring chief executives of America’s largest online platforms saw its putative subject — Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996 — reduced to brief mentions amid outbursts from Republican lawmakers over alleged conservative bias and Democratic complaints about the hearing’s close proximity to the November presidential election....
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