I said this on Voat and I'll say it here - S230 goes and so does your ability to comment freely on the internet.
In reality, a nuanced reading of S230 already shows big tech doesn't deserve protections because they act more like a publisher than a platform.
Big tech is clearly in violation of section 230
Absolutely!
They get protections of a platform but act like a publisher.
The solution is a nuanced reading of S230, not a repeal.
Section 230(c)(2) provides immunity from civil liabilities for information service providers that remove or restrict content from their services they deem "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected"
Just need to remove the otherwise objectionable part of that.
Why? You can't speak freely anywhere online as it stands. Poal only allows it because they want to. All this would do is restrict them from censoring comments or remove comments altogether. Which most already do anyway. But Twitter and Faceburg and Feggit don't have income without comments.
All S230 does is state that a platform is not responsible for the actions of its users. This applies to any website that allows user generated content(in the U.S.A), if you post a copyrighted work for example, that's on you, not the website owner.
The issue with the removal of S230 is the shift in liability - instead of only you being personally liable for your actions, the platform you used could be held liable as well. Kind of like blaming gun manufacturers for firearms related deaths.
Further, websites like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Reddit already do heavy handed moderation, the removal of S230 would be business as usual for them. All this would do is codify their existing monopoly positions and make it difficult (impossible?) to compete.
Exactly. So free speech websites will be sued by a nigger if I say nigger..
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