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I have no problem if people set standards. It's when they are vague and applied unevenly that the line between platform and publisher gets crossed. For exampl
by EricE 6y ago
I have no problem if people set standards.
It's when they are vague and applied unevenly that the line between platform and publisher gets crossed.
For example, I find it fascinating that Twitter doesn't put warnings on the leader of Iran's racist tweets (or even bans him for clear TOS violations) but peppers the US presidents tweets with warnings. With a straight face you are going to tell me that politics has nothing to do with it?
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoLegally, there is no line between platform and publisher. I’m not sure a line could actually be drawn that is consistent with the first amendment.
- shortformblog 6y agoAs Jeff Kosseff, a US Naval Academy professor who actually wrote a book about Section 230, put it in an interview last year: “There has been an increased amount of criticism of the platforms. But it’s not accurate. There’s a First Amendment distinction between publishers and distributors. But since Section 230’s been in place, that’s not really been an issue for the internet.” https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/21/18700605/section-230-internet-law-twenty-six-words-that-created-the-internet-jeff-kosseff-interview https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/21/18700605/section-230-inte...