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I agree that Chesterton's fence is a nice thing to have in any discussion of law but I'd disagree that we'd return to the same conditions as pre-230, the intern

I agree that Chesterton's fence is a nice thing to have in any discussion of law but I'd disagree that we'd return to the same conditions as pre-230, the internet landscape is very different now which is why the law appears to favour larger companies. In fact, repealing it altogether might favour them, it wouldn't have back then.

paulgb 6y ago
That’s fair, I think it’s safe to say nobody really knows what the second- and third- order effects of 230 repeal would be. An optimistic take is that we would revert to a ~2008 internet where Twitter and Facebook are much less dominant and “the feed” is a self-curated list of RSS feeds (or ActivityPub subscriptions). A more pessimistic one is that we all run for cover in private self-moderated Slacks and WhatsApp groups.