Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs divided on Section 230 reform

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg supports reforming a decades-old U.S. law that limits social media companies’ liability for content its users post online, while Google’s Pichai remained averse to any changes to the legal shield.

Zuckerberg, in prepared testimony ahead of a House hearing Thursday, called for making liability protection for internet platforms conditional on having systems in place for identifying and removing unlawful material.

Zuckerberg will tell congressional representatives that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 “would benefit from thoughtful changes to make it work better for people, but identifying a way forward is challenging given the chorus of people arguing — sometimes for contradictory reasons — that the law is doing more harm than good.”