{"id":30085,"date":"2020-12-18T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=30085"},"modified":"2020-12-18T22:10:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:10:17","slug":"senators-push-to-keep-tech-liability-shield-out-of-uk-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=30085","title":{"rendered":"Senators push to keep tech liability shield out of UK trade agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senators from both sides of the aisle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pmfdwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhflcyvl_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pmfdwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhflcyvl_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608444262792000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrJdRfdtztaIEWDHgY1HTmdIDquA\">sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday urging him to keep language that mimics a U.S. tech liability shield to be left out of any potential free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, signed by two Democrats and two Republicans, urges Trade Representative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ntkjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqwprtkr_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ntkjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqwprtkr_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608444262792000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvL6MNyYYPKdUf65OhUp5j6E0BBQ\">Robert Lighthizer<\/a>\u00a0to refrain from including language that is modeled on section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in a trade agreement with the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The senators note the ongoing debate regarding Section 230, which grants tech companies liability protection for content posted by third parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncluding a safe harbor clause in any future trade agreements will further allocate more power to companies at the expense of individuals,\u201d Sens.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pyddwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhflcyvd_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pyddwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhflcyvd_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608444262792000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJgotlJj9rwKxtFOpfIAiqH_V41Q\">Mark Warner<\/a>\u00a0(D-Va.),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtbsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwdbtpp_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtbsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcwdbtpp_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608444262792000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPWVME6ua7PBHoWudsUjXZuZjyrw\">Rob Portman<\/a>\u00a0(R-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/atysrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmbpthbb_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/atysrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmbpthbb_rrgcggnrnpcvjwnnkrnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608444262792000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsOhgeODh_3Pnqg79twMOEM-IevQ\">Chuck Grassley<\/a>\u00a0(R-Iowa) wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress can and should debate about Section 230 and how it has enabled platforms to turn a blind eye as their platforms are used to facilitate discrimination, cyber-stalking, terrorism, online frauds, and more. We urge USTR to refrain from including this provision in this and future free trade agreements until that debate has concluded,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Office of the United States Trade Representative was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators from both sides of the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30086,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30085\/revisions\/30086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}