United States (US) President, Donald Trump, on Thursday signed an Executive Order, which seeks to tone down the liability protection for companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, for what users post on their platforms.
The law in question is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act set in the US about 30 years ago. In India, Section 79 of the IT Act provides similar protection to companies, provided they do their due diligence based on other provisions of the law.
This is why WhatsApp can provide end-to-end encryption and tell governments it can’t read a user’s texts or provide access to them.
It’s also why an Instagram can’t be sued for a debacle like the Bois Locker Room episode, where teenagers were found sharing photos of