Regulating Social Media Editorial Policies 1st Amendment 'Gibberish': O'Rielly
Amid talk of federal regulation of social media platforms' editorial privileges, FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly called it "First Amendment gibberish" to argue such regulation is pro-free speech. He spoke to the Media Institute Wednesday, also seeking less regulation of other…
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industries. The social media regulatory step would curtail free speech through government action, he said in prepared and actual remarks. "We should all reject demands, in the name of the First Amendment, for private actors to curate or publish speech in a certain way," the commissioner told the industry audience. He said he wasn't criticizing the White House but "certain opportunists outside that realm." O'Rielly is "digesting" NTIA's petition asking the commission to clarify Communications Decency Act Section 230. He said the FCC generally has little authority over tech platforms. He also said his agency's role in video regulation may subside (see 2007290073).