A bipartisan effort in the Senate is attempting to sunset the long-contested liability shield given to technology companies, The Hill reported on Wednesday.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican, are making efforts to introduce a bill that would sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in two years, which currently largely protects technology companies from being held legally responsible for third party or user consent. 

The law was passed in 1996, well ahead of the social media boom that transformed the internet over the next three decades. 

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