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The Republicans want one type of change to section 230, which would prevent the suppression of conservative-adjacent voices. On the other hand, the Democrats wo
by rhizome 6y ago
The Republicans want one type of change to section 230, which would prevent the suppression of conservative-adjacent voices. On the other hand, the Democrats would like the opposite: greater responsibility of the platform to limit racist, sexist, and violent content.
I just want to observe that the position of "conservative" Republicans is to insert the hand of a central government to limit the operations of a private company, and the Democrats are taking the self-regulation stance, the "hands-off option," if you will.
- dmurray 6y agoThe Republican position is arguably for more regulation, but the Democratic one certainly is. Requiring "greater responsibility of the platform to limit racist, sexist, and violent content" is definitely not a "hands-off option", rather the opposite. Federal legislators on both sides believe that federal legislatures should have more powers, and they usually get them. That's the real history of American regulation.
- kelnos 6y agoThey're conservatives, not libertarians. While Republicans generally push for less regulation than Democrats do, for them it's more about protecting business profit, not about an ideal of non-interference (even if they may try to frame it that way for PR reasons).