U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Liability or Deniability? Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30” on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 10:00 am EST. Thirty years after enactment of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, this hearing will take testimony from legal experts on the role Section 230 has played in the digital era. Witnesses will discuss how Section 230 affects the regulation of online expression and conduct, as well as the constitutional limits on congressional policymaking imposed by the First Amendment.
Witnesses:
Ms. Daphne Keller, Director of Platform Regulation, Program in Law, Science, and Technology, Stanford Law School
Ms. Nadine Farid Johnson, Policy Director, Knight First Amendment Institute
Mr. Matthew Bergman, Founding Attorney, Social Media Victims Law Center
Brad Carson, President, Americans for Responsible Innovation
An additional witness may be announced at a later date.