No fresh announcements were made by the White House on plans to reform Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users. Some online users had claimed that White House spokesperson Jen Psaki had announced plans to reform the law shortly after the news billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk had reached an agreement to buy the social media platform, Twitter.
Another commented on Facebook: “BREAKING NEWS: Now that Musk will own Twitter, the White House is concerned about reforming Section 230. Imagine that?????” (here).
Other social media posts claiming Section 230 reforms are urgently in focus can be seen (here), (here) and (here).
VERDICT
Missing context. The White House did not make any new announcements pertaining to Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users, following Elon Musk’s agreement with Twitter to buy the platform. Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to press questions on the topic on Monday. President Biden repeatedly expressed support for reforming the law prior to Musk’s agreement with Twitter.
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