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| The Trump administration proposes to reduce legal protection for technology companies |
The US Department of Justice has proposed laws to limit decades of legal protection for high-tech platforms like Google and Facebook. This is in line with President Donald Trump's attempt to defeat tech giants.
The proposal came about three weeks after President Trump signed a regulation restricting protection for social media companies when Twitter began adding verification features to some of his tweets.
The proposal aims to encourage technology companies to combat criminal content on their platforms such as child exploitation, terrorism or cyber tracking, and to increase user transparency when deleting legal documents.
"The aim of these reforms is to ensure that they are properly handling illegal and exploitative content while maintaining an active, open and competitive Internet," Attorney General William Barr said in a statement.
"On public security issues, the government should act on behalf of the whole society."
Trump signed a decree on May 28: Technology companies have unlimited power in a variety of human interactions through supervision, restriction, manipulation, obfuscation, and change.
Trump called for the abolition of Section 230 of Etiquette and Etiquette, a law passed by Congress in 1996 that states that the platform does not have legal liability for user-posted content.
The Ministry of Justice stated that its proposal updates the concept of immunity to Internet platforms under Section 230 and that these reforms will ensure that the immunities provided for in Section 230 will stimulate platforms to become responsible actors.
The ministry said its recommendations fall into four main categories: stimulating the platform to combat illegal content, clarifying federal content that eliminates illegal content, promoting open discussion, and increasing transparency.
These recommendations were made as Congress and federal agencies continued to investigate the power of large technology companies (such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon).
Legal observers have described Trump's decree that he will not change existing federal laws and affect federal courts, while Twitter said that trying to destroy decades of immunity could threaten the future of the language on the Internet and Internet freedom.
The White House welcomed news of the Justice Secretary’s proposal, and White House spokesman Judge Derry said: “The President has clearly asked the Justice Department to draft such a form. Legislation based on the recently signed executive regulations. Yes, the President is pleased that Trump is following him ".