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The most concerning thing about the tweet to me is the popular replies which support Pai's statement. The media, and those of us who understand what Pai did to
by post_below 6y ago
The most concerning thing about the tweet to me is the popular replies which support Pai's statement.
The media, and those of us who understand what Pai did to net neutrality, need to do a better job of communicating to the general public exactly what Pai is, and what he's there to do.
It would also be nice if people understood that section 230 protections allow the internet as we know it (not just the social media giants) to exist, but I'd settle for just the bit about Pai as a start.
- eli 6y ago230 is widely misunderstood on both the left and the right. Clearly even here on HN people don’t recognize how important it was to the development of the free and public internet.
- JungleGymSam 6y agoI have to tell you. You did a terrible job at "communicating to the general public exactly what Pai is". You insinuated some sort of malfeasance on his part but said exactly nothing about what it is. I used to want the government to not have its hand in things and I used to want the private sector solve issues. Now that the left-wing has overplayed their hand, they're going to bring potential harm on all of us by forcing the government to curtail their malfeasance.
- microcolonel 6y agoMuch as I think its loose interpretation has a lot to do with the success of major internet hubs, it has become clear that unlimited liability for selective publishers is not a sustainable model for American public life. We can not sustain a system where a major paper and the U.S. Press Secretary is censored by corporations entrusted with a significant portion of the public square, but that corporation simultaneously has no liability for the things which they, by their non-interference, must be endorsing.