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> Section 230 protects bad actors, not good ones Section 230 is why you can comment here without dang having to approve every comment you make first. It's why
by vorpalhex 7y ago
> Section 230 protects bad actors, not good ones
Section 230 is why you can comment here without dang having to approve every comment you make first. It's why Facebook and Twitter and Reddit and HN can exist. It protects all actors.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoThis is completely untrue. Legal cases already have the concept of intent and liability. Section 230 provides blanket immunity for abuses that would otherwise be clearly defined as criminally negligent or willful behavior. For example, without Section 230, one could define dang removing a harmful post shortly after it was flagged (usually within hours, I imagine) as best effort for a two-man moderation team, and find that PornHub, one of the most valuable web properties in the world with a significant amount of manpower, taking several weeks to take down a child porn video criminally negligent, and holding the company responsible. (Arguably, SESTA-FOSTA already enables the latter, as Section 230 no longer applies to sexual exploitation of children.)
- vorpalhex 7y ago> Section 230 provides blanket immunity for abuses Uh, have you actually tried reading Section 230? > No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.