Be very aware of consequences if Section 230 is tweaked: Sundar Pichai
Section 230 makes it possible for Google to provide
access to a wide range of information -- including high-quality local
journalism -- while responsibly protecting people from harm and keeping their
information private, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has
said.
Appearing
before a US Senate hearing along with Twitter CEI Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg late on Wednesday, Pichai said: "I would urge the
Committee to be very thoughtful about any changes to Section 230 and to be very
aware of the consequences those changes might have on businesses and
customers".
Section
230 states that "no provider or user of an interactive computer service
shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by
another information content provider".
Under
the US law, Internet firms are typically exempt from liability for content that
users post on platforms.
President
Donald Trump has challenged this via executive order which threatens to strip
those protections if online platforms wade into "editorial
decisions".
Pichai
said that Google is
deeply conscious of both the opportunities and risks the internet creates.
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