{"id":35798,"date":"2023-05-01T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?page_id=35798"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:20:25","slug":"section-230-evaluation-scorecard-118-congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/section-230-evaluation-scorecard-118-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"118th Congress: How Do the Section 230 Reform Proposals Rate? A Section 230 Evaluation Scorecard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past few years, Section 230 has taken on an outsize role in the dialogue about the dominant role of digital platforms in public discourse, and a number of legislative proposals have been put forward to reform it. In an effort to advance the dialogue and avoid unintended consequences, Public Knowledge introduced &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/documents\/section-230-principles-to-protect-free-expression-online\/\">Section 230 Principles to Protect Free Expression Online<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 a set of guardrails for legislative reform that incorporates feedback from a wide range of stakeholders. The scorecard demonstrates how Public Knowledge consistently evaluates every Section 230 reform proposal: reform proposals that rate poorly are unlikely to promote the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scorecard assesses federal proposals for Section 230 reform in the 118th Congress that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have been introduced with full language text broadly available (not only a press release or fact sheet);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have gained sponsorship or support from legislators in the relevant committee(s), or been introduced by committee leadership; and&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have shown momentum toward gaining broad support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To download the full description of each principle, see <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/section-230-principles-to-protect-free-expression-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><strong> For the text available for each bill, see the links in each column.\u00a0For our report card on Section 230 reform proposals in the 117th Congress that met our criteria, see <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/how-do-the-section-230-reform-proposals-rate-a-section-230-evaluation-scorecard\/\"><strong>h<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/how-do-the-section-230-reform-proposals-rate-a-section-230-evaluation-scorecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/how-do-the-section-230-reform-proposals-rate-a-section-230-evaluation-scorecard\/\"><strong>re<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Key:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/green-dot-e1638565177845.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Indicates the proposal incorporates this principle and will likely have a positive impact on it.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/yellow-dot-e1638565186629.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Indicates the proposal does not address this principle, or the likely impact of the proposal on the principle is neutral or mixed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/red-dit-e1638565164250.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Indicates the proposal runs contrary to the principle, or will likely have a negative impact on the principle.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQtRINRy_KYKA_HYl8g3QgL_QkES6LfLnPjFkVz5Paj9Y0Pqz4sGwuXBYPxn4PQQtJI9FLC8PSi4gfX\/pub?embedded=true\" width=\"850\" height=\"2000\" class=\"google-table\">&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, Section 230 has taken on an outsize role in the dialogue about the dominant role of digital platforms in public discourse, and a number of legislative proposals have been put forward to reform it. 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