The Justice Department (DOJ) urged lawmakers to consider taking up proposals to update a federal law that provides liability protections to internet companies against being sued for their users’ posts.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd sent a letter to congressional leaders on Oct. 27, reiterating the urgency to effect reforms to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, while citing the recent suppression of a series of exposés by the New York Post about the alleged business dealings of Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
