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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 11 | 11 | | R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 13 | 13 | | House Memorial 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A memorial to the Congress of the United States, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | urging Congress to repeal 47 U.S.C. s. 230, commonly 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | known as section 230 of the Communications Decency Act 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | of 1996. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, in early 1996, section 230 of the Communications 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 1934 was enacted by Congress as part of the 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Communications Decency Act of 1996, and 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, as originally drafted, the act was an attempt to 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | stop minors from gaining access to sexually explicit materials 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | on the Internet, and 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, one provision of section 230 provides protection 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | from civil liability for operators of interactive computer 14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | services and social media networks if they remove or moderate 15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | third-party material they deem obsce ne or offensive, as long as 16 |
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| 29 | 29 | | it is done in good faith, and 17 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, the act has resulted in many unanticipated, 18 |
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| 31 | 31 | | unwelcomed, and unintended consequences and has allowed 19 |
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| 32 | 32 | | interactive computer services and social media networks to 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | remove valid conservative pe rspectives, and 21 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, interactive computer services and social media 22 |
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| 35 | 35 | | networks should not be allowed to display bias in determining 23 |
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| 36 | 36 | | which perspectives they allow on their platforms, NOW, 24 |
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| 37 | 37 | | THEREFORE, 25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 47 | 47 | | R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 50 | 50 | | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Fl orida: 27 |
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| 52 | 52 | | That Congress is urged to repeal 47 U.S.C. s. 230, commonly 29 |
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| 53 | 53 | | known as section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. 30 |
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| 54 | 54 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be 31 |
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| 55 | 55 | | dispatched to the President of the United States, to the 32 |
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| 56 | 56 | | President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the 33 |
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| 57 | 57 | | United States House of Representatives, and to each member of 34 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. 35 |
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