Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that social media companies must control the content on their platforms or “we will lose all control.”
Clinton told CNN host Michael Smerconish that some steps have been taken at the state level to regulate social media, but she wants more steps to be taken by the federal government to control content.
“We’re looking at the state of California, the state of New York, I think some other states have also taken action,” Clinton said.
“But we need national action, and sadly, our Congress has been passive when it comes to addressing these threats to our children,” she said.
Clinton said she believed the issue “should be at the top of every legislative political agenda” and called for repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Act, which bars online platforms from accessing third-party content such as user content. Protects from being liable for. Social media. This exemption applies to the content itself and, in some circumstances, to the removal of the content.
“In my view, we should repeal something called Section 230, which, you know, gave immunity to platforms on the Internet because they were supposed to be just pass-throughs, that they were judged for the content they posted. Shouldn’t go. , Clinton said.
“But now we know that it was a very simplistic approach, that if the platforms, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter/X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content, then we Lose total control,” she continued. “And it’s not just the social and psychological impact, it’s real life.”
Clinton said that social media companies should be stripped of their immunity so that “guardrails” could be implemented.
He said cellphones should be banned in schools, an effort that has been approved by several US states, including Florida and California. Individual school districts in various states across the country have also adopted policies banning or limiting cellphone use during school hours.
“Take phones out of schools,” he said. “I’m really glad to see schools starting to do this, where kids turn their phones in as soon as they come in the door.”
“What’s more? Kids are paying better attention in class,” Clinton said. “They’re talking to each other in the lunch room, things that used to be part of your daily life when you were a kid in school. “
Last month, Clinton suggested during an appearance on MSNBC that Americans accused of interfering in US elections by spreading “propaganda” to promote former President Trump should face civil or criminal charges, as he had done in the 2016 election. Reference was made in which she had lost to Trump.
