FCC will move to clarify key social media legal protections: chair

By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the meaning of a key legal protection for social media companies.
The announcement came as Republicans expressed anger over Twitter Inc's <TWTR.N> decision to bar sharing a New York Post story about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son.
U.S. President Donald Trump in May directed the U.S. Commerce Department to file a petition with the FCC seeking to curb legal protections for social media companies over a provision known as "Section 230." Pai said the FCC's general counsel said the agency "has the legal authority to interpret Section 230."
Pai stopped short of offering any concrete ideas or to say if he would propose narrowing social media companies legal ...


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