Trump’s Fight Over Twitter Ban Draws Biden’s DOJ Intervention
- U.S. said it would defend constitutionality of Section 230
- The legal shield for Big Tech has become a right-wing target
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Former President Donald Trump’s legal battle to reverse his permanent ban from Twitter Inc.’s social-media platform has a new combatant: the Biden administration.
The Justice Department on Thursday asked to intervene in the lawsuit Trump brought against Twitter for the “limited purpose” of defending the constitutionality of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which gives internet companies broad legal immunity over their moderation of user-generated content.