US lawmakers should look into increasing liability for online platforms such as Facebook Inc for ads and other commercial speech, a top House Democrat said on June 10.
The comments by Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, chairwoman of a subcommittee that has taken the lead in shaping an online privacy bill, come as a legal shield protecting the companies from lawsuits over third-party content is under increasing attack from both parties in Washington.
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