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It's a useless comment, but this is what they were referencing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230 I think the
by ohwellhere 4y ago
It's a useless comment, but this is what they were referencing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230
I think the implication is that if there are significant financial repercussions for social media posting then some portion of the government would revoke Section 230 protection from the providers; e.g. Musk's Twitter would become the publisher officially.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoIf Twitter’s policies do enough economic damage, one would expect Congress to hold committee meetings and consider modifying or removing Section 230 protections. It’s not terribly far fetched.
- bombcar 4y agoWhich would be sad, what we're seeing is too many quants dependent on twitter for "fast breaking news".