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So, at this point, the Covid 19 death toll has surpassed 100,000. Even if we can only attribute a small fraction of those deaths to Trump's complete negligence
by kerkeslager 6y ago
So, at this point, the Covid 19 death toll has surpassed 100,000. Even if we can only attribute a small fraction of those deaths to Trump's complete negligence and mishandling, Trump's actions have led to more deaths than September 11--Trump has literally killed more Americans than Osama Bin Laden. So I don't think we need to talk about Section 230 to show that he's a terrible president.
That said, I'm having trouble seeing how Trump is wrong in his application of Section 230. Section 230 was intended to protect free-speech platforms by allowing them to eschew editorial control without being held responsible for what users say. If Twitter starts exercising editorial control, then doesn't that mean that they should be held responsible for what's said on their platform? This strikes me as Twitter wanting to have their cake and eat it too: they don't want to the legal liability of editorial control, but they don't want the bad PR of allowing free speech on their platform.
If we're actually basing our laws and their enforcement on principles, then we a) have to decide whether Twitter is a content platform or a communication platform, and b) we can't just abandon our principles because Trump accidentally says something correct.