Support legislation scrapping 230 carte blanche and applying antidiscrimination to Big Tech
FCC should work with Congress on reforms so platforms cannot censor protected speech while keeping 230 benefits, applying antidiscrimination (including to hosting/DDoS backends) along Texas social-media-law lines, focused on dominant general-use platforms.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 28 (FCC) — Reining in Big Tech: support legislation that scraps Section 230’s current approach; ensure Internet companies no longer have carte blanche to censor protected speech while maintaining 230 protections; ensure antidiscrimination provisions apply to Big Tech including back-end hosting and DDoS protection; reforms prohibiting discrimination against core political viewpoints tracking Texas social media law upheld by Fifth Circuit; focus on dominant general-use platforms; exclude specialized boards/comment sections; do not require hosting illegal/terrorist/indecent categories.
Undo plan
1) Oppose must-carry/antidiscrimination mandates that compel private platforms to host speech (First Amendment).
2) Keep 230 reforms focused on illegal content/knowledge standards, not viewpoint-hosting duties.
3) Avoid extending common-carrier-style rules to CDN/hosting backends without careful constitutional design.
4) Use antitrust and consumer-protection tools for gatekeeper power instead.
5) Verify: enacted bill text; NetChoice-line constitutional holdings.