Silicon Valley tore up the playbook for dealing with Washington DC. Now Facebook, Twitter and Google are bracing for turbulence.
, the part of the law that protects internet companies from liability over user content.
The internet companies have a mutual interest in preserving Section 230, which has allowed them to turn platforms for user generated content into businesses worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Both of those groups are part of a sphere of influential DC groups that hold panels and influence lawmakers, with many of their employees coming from jobs on Capitol Hill and often testifying before Congress.Some in the tech industry say Google and Facebook have less room to push back on Trump as they face potential antitrust action from the Justice Department and state attorneys general who are reportedly preparing lawsuits for this summer.
Raut also previously worked for the Justice Department reviewing mergers during the Obama administration and as an antitrust attorney in private practice. Facebook, which has increased its lobbying efforts in Washington in past years, also helped set up a political advocacy group named American Edge this spring, a nonprofit that aims to drum up support in Washington for the technology industry, the Washington Postin May. That marks a shift from previous tactics, like two years ago when Facebook turned to Definers Public Affairs to attack company critics on its behalf.
Despite the public face-off between Twitter and Trump, some Republicans on Capitol Hill say they're still hopeful for policymaking with Twitter.
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