[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2601]
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SA 437. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may
be construed to authorize any funding to direct, coerce, or
compel the content moderation decisions of any interactive
computer service (as that term is defined in section 230(f)
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)) or any
platform through which a media organization disseminates
information relating to any speech protected by the
Constitution of the United States, without regard to whether
the organization disseminates that information through
broadcast, print, online, or any other channel, including
by--
(1) removing such speech;
(2) suppressing such speech;
(3) removing or suspending a particular user or class of
users;
(4) labeling such speech as disinformation, misinformation,
or false information, or by making any similar
characterization with respect to such speech; or
(5) otherwise blocking, banning, deleting, deprioritizing,
demonetizing, deboosting, limiting the reach of, or
restricting access to such speech.
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