US Justice Department proposes changes to Internet platforms' immunity

US President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Sept 23 to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for Internet companies. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Sept 23 to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for Internet companies after the US Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the same law.

Trump met with attorneys general from the US states of Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.