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> Why do Robinhood, Reddit, Discord, etc feel like they have to respond to this? Indeed. There's a lot of talk about Section 230 lately, and how "precious" it
by TheRealDunkirk 6y ago
> Why do Robinhood, Reddit, Discord, etc feel like they have to respond to this?
Indeed. There's a lot of talk about Section 230 lately, and how "precious" it is to freedom of speech. That law protects them from culpability against hosting legally-dubious things like this market move -- and any malfeasant commenting about it -- but none of the big platforms are acting like it exists. They're just censoring anyway, because they are either embarrassed, or are getting their strings pulled. Either stand behind Section 230, or admit you're just censoring things for duplicitous reasons of politics, money, or the rabble.
- mdavidn 6y agoSection 230(c)(2) explicitly protects service providers who remove content that they deem to be “otherwise objectionable.”