FSF's May: Trump Lawsuits Against Big Tech Not 'Frivolous’
Ex-President Donald Trump’s complaints against Facebook, Google and Twitter (see 2107070065) aren’t “frivolous,” said Free State Foundation President Randolph May. He noted Trump’s argument Wednesday that Communications Decency Act Section 230 immunity “amounts to a delegation of authority by Congress…
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that facilitates the companies’ censorship actions.” If correct, Big Tech companies can’t censor posts, May said, though he’s “not convinced at this point that Section 230’s grant of immunity, standing alone, is sufficient to make the Big Tech social media companies state actors.” It’s possible discovery “could uncover a trove of emails from various congressional officials urging the social media companies to take certain actions which the firms quickly took,” he added.