Later today, the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Google will defend their immunity from legal liability for what their sites publish.  

The trio are up before the US Senate Commerce Committee.

Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act states: “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

If 230 is repealed, people will be able to sue tech sites for statements made by anyone which are published on those sites.

Two of the CEOs have released part of their statements to the committee.

Jack Dorsey of Twitter wiil say:“We should also be mindful that undermining Section 230 will result in far more removal of online speech and impose severe limitations on our collective ability to address harmful content and protect people online,” and “eroding the foundation of Section 230 could collapse how we communicate on the internet, leaving only a small number of giant and well-funded technology companies.”

Mark Zuckerberg will say: “Platforms would likely censor more content to avoid legal risk and would be less likely to invest in technologies that enable people to express themselves in new ways,” and “I believe Congress should update the law to make sure it’s working as intended.”