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What proposed legislation?

giantg2 4y ago
There are multiple state level bills. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act has content moderation provisions. There are also some international bills/laws that will affect the platforms too.
- lern_too_spel 4y ago
  That bill has nothing to do with mandated moderation and only modifies the rights of content creators (for collective bargaining), not content aggregators. Full text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/673/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/673.... If there are multiple state level bills mandating moderation, please point to at least one. I know of several that restrict moderation. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/01/social-media-sweeps-the-states-00043229 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/01/social-media-sweeps...
  - giantg2 4y ago
    Ah, yeah i see the content issues in that bill go the other ways (amendment technically). CA has a law that requires reports on social media moderation policies as well as compliance reports. It's thought this will open up liability if they fail to enforce their moderation to a reasonable level. Many of these indirectly mandate moderation through the repeal or modification of section 230. You can already see how that would work by looking a Craigslist personals shutting down. Also note that intermediaries are not protected by section 230 for DMCA infractions (see how police and others use protected music to censor, which takes advantage of the automated censorship tools that were created to comply with the legal mandates). https://www.ourcivicgenius.org/learn/all-the-bills-on-section-230/ https://www.ourcivicgenius.org/learn/all-the-bills-on-sectio... There are international laws which may affect the platforms too, like in France and Germany. It seems that sentiment may be spreading too.
    - lern_too_spel 4y ago
      The California law does not mandate moderation either or provide"compliant reports." It simply requires companies to explain how they moderate and provide statistics on how much they did.

There are multiple state level bills. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act has content moderation provisions. There are also some international bills/laws that will affect the platforms too.

lern_too_spel 4y ago
That bill has nothing to do with mandated moderation and only modifies the rights of content creators (for collective bargaining), not content aggregators. Full text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/673/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/673.... If there are multiple state level bills mandating moderation, please point to at least one. I know of several that restrict moderation. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/01/social-media-sweeps-the-states-00043229 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/01/social-media-sweeps...
- giantg2 4y ago
  Ah, yeah i see the content issues in that bill go the other ways (amendment technically). CA has a law that requires reports on social media moderation policies as well as compliance reports. It's thought this will open up liability if they fail to enforce their moderation to a reasonable level. Many of these indirectly mandate moderation through the repeal or modification of section 230. You can already see how that would work by looking a Craigslist personals shutting down. Also note that intermediaries are not protected by section 230 for DMCA infractions (see how police and others use protected music to censor, which takes advantage of the automated censorship tools that were created to comply with the legal mandates). https://www.ourcivicgenius.org/learn/all-the-bills-on-section-230/ https://www.ourcivicgenius.org/learn/all-the-bills-on-sectio... There are international laws which may affect the platforms too, like in France and Germany. It seems that sentiment may be spreading too.
  - lern_too_spel 4y ago
    The California law does not mandate moderation either or provide"compliant reports." It simply requires companies to explain how they moderate and provide statistics on how much they did.