Rubio: "The Court is Right: Algorithms Should Not Enjoy Section 230 Protections"
August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release:
TikTok was recently sued after a 10-year-old girl died from taking part in a viral challenge that dared users on the app to choke themselves until they passed out.
Courts have historically protected social media companies over user-generated content due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. However, this content was pushed by a TikTok-controlled algorithm, which t . . .
TikTok was recently sued after a 10-year-old girl died from taking part in a viral challenge that dared users on the app to choke themselves until they passed out.
Courts have historically protected social media companies over user-generated content due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. However, this content was pushed by a TikTok-controlled algorithm, which t . . .