Lawmakers Target Social Media’s Liability Exemption for User Posts
- Google, Twitter also questioned at congressional hearing
- Legal protections for companies are questioned by Republicans
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Top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday attacked one of the legal protections most prized by social media companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., questioning whether they should be held liable for content posted by users.
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte asked representatives from the companies and Twitter Inc. at a committee hearing about their exemptions from liability and why they “should be treated differently than” companies such as hotels that face some legal responsibility for illegal actions on their properties.