What Policymakers Need to Know About the First Amendment and Section 230

EFF hosted a panel in Washington D.C. to discuss the history of Section 230 and the First Amendment's protections for online speech.

The Supreme Court just heard two cases - Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google - that could dramatically affect users’ speech rights online.

This should be a conversation about what kind of internet we want to have and whether we want platforms and users to be innovative, panelists say.

Congress should identify what they are most concerned about online and take a step back to assess the best way to protect the population they want to protect.

CDT's Emma Llanso and EFF's Aaron Mackey spoke next.

If age verification is required, collecting documents to verify age will also be required.

That not only violates privacy but creates a data breach concern.

Some of these bills also create specific duties for any platform for practices that cause physical, emotional, development harm for those under eighteen.