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US Senator Wyden condemns Florida social media law

( May 24, 2021, 20:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senator Ron Wyden issued a statement condemning a new law in Florida regulating social media. “The First Amendment to the United States Constitution – backstopped by Section 230 – makes it abundantly clear that states have no power to compel private companies to host speech," said the Oregon Democrat, who co-authored Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The statute shields website from liability when moderating the content of users. "Government control of speech on, or off-line, will inevitably be abused by those in power, as made crystal clear by Republican state legislatures at home, and governments abroad like India and China that are already censoring critics," Wyden said.Statement in full follows:...

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