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Consider what social media would look like without Section 230. Could it even exist? It would need automated tools to verify the accuracy of millions of posts i
by ProjectArcturis 6y ago
Consider what social media would look like without Section 230. Could it even exist? It would need automated tools to verify the accuracy of millions of posts in real time. I doubt they could be built even with a massive budget. If you rely on user reports of inaccuracy, you'll need a huge staff to deal with everything, and will be bombarded by trolls acting in bad faith.
Ironically, given all his complaining, if Section 230 didn't exist, Twitter would have no choice but to ban Trump. He'd be an absolute nightmare in terms of liability.
- ghaff 6y agoFurthermore, it's not just about social media which didn't even exist in its current form in 1996 (the Web barely did). Rather Section 230 was more focused at the time on things like ISPs and hosting providers. So it's not just about Twitter and Facebook. It's also about things like individual web pages.