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Congress Gave Tech Companies Immunity From Libel Laws. That Needs to Change.
A Clinton-era telecommunications law granted social media companies immunity from the libel laws that newspapers and TV stations have to follow. Now we’re living with the consequences: billionaires controlling what does and doesn’t count as a lie.