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United States of America: Executive Order repealing immunity from liability for social media companies

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Executive Order repealing immunity from liability for social media companies

Executive Order aims to repeal the immunity of social media companies from liability created by section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2020-05-28
adopted

Executive Order aims to repeal the immunity of social media companies from liability created by sec…

2021-05-14
rejected

On 14 May 2021, US President Biden, via Executive Prder 14029, repealed the Executive Order 13925 a…

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producer / supplier
1
Type Any
Economic activity platform intermediary: user-generated content
Category All

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user content: any format: hosting: display
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TBR - Intermediary immunity removal
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user content: any format: hosting: display