MTG Steps up With New House Bill to Rein in Twitter, Facebook – Opinion

On Thursday, RedState reported on the embarrassing self-own that CNN’s Jim Acosta made while trying to play “gotcha” over some alleged text messages by Republican House Freedom Caucus Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about January 6th. It’s sort of pathetic how giddy the “journalist” appeared to be, as he dashed after Greene and brought up the topic — only to be swiftly served his comeuppance in short order.

(READ: Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves Jim Acosta a confused woman after he confronts her with a false narrative)

Rep. Greene, a Republican, is now leading the House Republican Caucus, by sponsoring a new legislation to repeal Section 230 protections social networking companies have enjoyed so far, according to a recent interview and report in The Hill.

Greene offers bill to abolish Section 230 https://t.co/p3YkUcaLrU pic.twitter.com/1kiKM3UcVh

— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2022

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday is introducing a bill to abolish Section 230 — the law the protects online platforms from liability — on the heels of Twitter accepting Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company and take it private.

Greene’s bill would eliminate the law making online platforms not liable for content posted by third parties and replace it with a provision to require “reasonable, non-discriminatory access to online communications platforms” through a “common carrier” framework that Greene compared to airlines or package delivery services.

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Titled the 21st Century FREE Speech Act, Greene’s measure will serve as the House version of a Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).

The piece also notes that Greene’s personal Twitter account was banned in January, though she still has access to her official congressional account on the social media site.

The 21st Century FREE Speech Act shines a spotlight on the very real need for reform when it comes to how the media–with the help of Big Tech platforms allies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube/Google–seek to craft fake narratives and pass them off as actual journalism.

MTG is doing a great job of bringing attention to this problem. Taking actionIt’s better to talk about it than just talking about it. It’s ridiculous how often conservatives, who simply seek news on what our elected representatives are doing, are forced to wade through page after page of disrespectful social media posts that call the congresswoman “Marge” — and that’s the nicest thing she’s called.

It’s all the more admirable that she’s doing this, when you consider the many distractions. I already mentioned Acosta’s sad attempt to change the narrative at the beginning of this piece. But there’s a bunch of other, leftist claptrap being published, like this “news” piece Friday by Politico, on alleged troubles inside the House Freedom Caucus — in one particular instance, which lefty Twitter has glommed onto, a March spat between Greene and Lauren Boebert.

The bright side in all this: Greene’s legislation joins similar work that her Senate Republicans colleagues have completed, with a bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.). Hagerty noted that The Hill about MTG’s new House bill:

“These Big Tech platforms are the modern day public square, which is why the 21st Century FREE Speech Act would treat them as common carriers who must provide reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to all users. I’m pleased to have Representative Greene’s partnership in this effort to put the American people back in charge of what they say or hear online,” Hagerty said in a statement.