Privacy, Information Freedom, Internet
59. Social Media Freedom and Responsibility
We call on our Congressional Delegation to push for reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to limit the ability of online social media platforms to censor the speech of citizens in the new digital town square, which these media platforms currently control. We support Texas legislative efforts, such as HB 20 of the 87th Second Called Session, that afford Texas residents the power to sue big tech companies for targeting and censorship. We also support stripping Section 230 immunity from sites that knowingly publish obscene and indecent material, particularly advertisement, promotion, presentation, distribution, or solicitation of child sexual abuse material, thus opening these sites to criminal and civil liability for the content posted on their platforms.
