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Take away section 230 and now companies can be sued for what they're hosting, and so they will more aggressively start banning people. Also you can't realistic

Take away section 230 and now companies can be sued for what they're hosting, and so they will more aggressively start banning people. Also you can't realistically remove section 230, the risk is too high. Say a rogue user uploads an illegal image to your site, you've now hosted this illegal image which is a felony. Even if you delete it quickly, you've already committed the crime by hosting it in the first place. It's completely impractical to run any internet service without this protection.

teakettle007 6y ago
> Take away section 230 and now companies can be sued for what they're hosting, and so they will more aggressively start banning people. Not if they operate as a common carrier —- just like how the phone company cannot be sued for carrying calls.
- andrewprock 6y ago
  In case anyone is not familiar of what it means to regulate communication as a common carrier, this is the relevant wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Act_of_1934 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Act_of_1934 It's worth noting that in 2015, ISPs were granted status as common carriers, but that was removed in 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier#Telecommunications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier#Telecommunicati...
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