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I think that the title is correct but it is not very descriptive of what it is about for people having a look at it. Tldr quote from it: "We therefore urge Co
by greatgib 6y ago
I think that the title is correct but it is not very descriptive of what it is about for people having a look at it.
Tldr quote from it:
"We therefore urge Congress to make these necessary reforms to Section 230 and begin to hold online platforms accountable both when they unlawfully censor speech and when they knowingly facilitate criminal activity online.”
- tzs 6y agoOnline platforms "censoring" speech was never unlawful. What section 230 did was protect them from liability over speech that they did not censor. E.g., if I posted a libelous comment about you in the comments section of an online platform, section 230 protected the online platform from being sued by you for libel over my comment. Weakening the 230 protections will do nothing to encourage platforms to censor less. Indeed, it will have the opposite effect. I haven't read the proposal, but if it goes beyond just weakening 230 and instead tries to say platforms cannot censor speech, then it won't get past the First Amendment.
- coldcode 6y agoCongress will not likely accept this law without major changes and the DoJ, unless we wind up tossing out the Constitution entirely (which could still happen sadly), cannot create law.
- greatgib 6y agoIt's completely crazy, I don't get why my previous comment was so much down voted. To me it does not make any sense at all... Did anyone understood it like if I was giving a pro or con opinion? I tried just to clarify in a short text what it was about for people not being aware of what 'section 230' is. Also now there are a lot of longer comments, so that could be more explicit. Would anyone have a logic explanation to share with me?