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Wouldn’t it be better to keep the existing 230 for companies with less than, say, 100 million users? And remove 230 protection altogether for companies with mor
by g42gregory 6y ago
Wouldn’t it be better to keep the existing 230 for companies with less than, say, 100 million users? And remove 230 protection altogether for companies with more than 100 million users? This would let the startup ecosystem flourish. It would also seriously hamstrung large companies. Would this be a bad thing, though?
- polyomino 6y agoIt's unknown whether disparate startups would do a better job with things like attacks from state actors compared to the giants. Obviously, as things become more consequential, people would rather have entities they can hold accountable. However I think our mechanisms of holding entities to account are ineffective, big or small.
- dannyw 6y agoI don’t think so, because section 230 can be genuinely used for pretty nasty stuff (eg forums for targeted harassment where moderators and management do not participate but do moderate).
- kats 6y agoI don't think startups would really get a boost, because when Youtube, Tumblr or Reddit have put new restrictions on what people can post I didn't see any users leaving for somewhere else. So I would guess that YouTube would have to remove many videos but users would stay there on YouTube.