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If Twitter wants to be a publisher, fine. Just stop sheltering them under Section 230. Make them fully liable for what they publish.
by ralph84 6y ago
If Twitter wants to be a publisher, fine. Just stop sheltering them under Section 230. Make them fully liable for what they publish.
- goodluckchuck 6y agoYou say that as if that's not what Twitter wants. Jack Dorsey and Twitter's chief(?) legal counsel went on Joe Rogan and openly argued that Twitter is a publisher. They expressly waived Section 230 protection and thoroughly explained that their users do no publish content on Twitter, but merely provide Twitter with content that Twitter may choose to edit and publish as Twitter sees fit. They said Twitter makes thoughtful editorial decisions and chooses what content to publish. I don't agree. I think that's a lie. Twitter is a common-carrier and should not be allowed to discriminate, but that's not what Twitter is saying. Twitter very openly claiming to be a "publisher." Twitter wants you to say that.
- tzs 6y agoThe whole point of section 230 was to let internet sites remove user supplied content they find objectionable without that making them liable for user supplied content that they do not remove.