Performative Media Policy: Section 230’s Evolution from Regulatory Statute to Loyalty Oath

IF 0.2 Q4 LAW

Communication Law and Policy Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/10811680.2022.2136472

Aram Sinnreich, Mariana Sanchez-Santos, Neil Perry, P. Aufderheide

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Abstract

Abstract This study analyzes 84 pieces of legislation between 1996 and January 20, 2021 proposing to modify “Section 230,” the clause in the Communications Act that protects Internet platforms from third-party liability for its users’ actions. Patterns in that legislation align with media coverage of Section 230. The study shows that in recent years, such legislation has shifted from bipartisan, policy-focused law to Republican partisan bills intended as a gesture of support for President Trump, who had attacked the clause believing that it permitted platforms to moderate against his interests. Thus, legislation was often designed not only as a “messaging bill,” but as a message to a particular person, whom legislators believed held the keys to their own electoral futures.

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表演性媒体政策：第230条从监管法规到忠诚誓言的演变

摘要本研究分析了1996年至2021年1月20日期间的84项立法，建议修改《通信法》中的“第230条”，该条款保护互联网平台不对其用户的行为承担第三方责任。该立法中的模式与第230条的媒体报道一致。研究表明，近年来，此类立法已从两党的、以政策为重点的法律转变为共和党的党派法案，旨在表示对特朗普总统的支持，特朗普总统曾抨击该条款，认为该条款允许平台对其利益进行缓和。因此，立法往往不仅被设计为一项“信息法案”，而且被设计为向特定的人发出的信息，立法者认为特定的人掌握着自己选举未来的钥匙。

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Communication Law and Policy LAW-

CiteScore

0.60

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33.30%

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期刊介绍： The societal, cultural, economic and political dimensions of communication, including the freedoms of speech and press, are undergoing dramatic global changes. The convergence of the mass media, telecommunications, and computers has raised important questions reflected in analyses of modern communication law, policy, and regulation. Serving as a forum for discussions of these continuing and emerging questions, Communication Law and Policy considers traditional and contemporary problems of freedom of expression and dissemination, including theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues inherent in the special conditions presented by new media and information technologies.