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https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/why-ban-of-realdonaldtrump-proves-twitter-not-just-a-platform/

We know the trick. This does not stop big tech, it helps them kill their competition, because alt-tech cannot survive in an envrionment where they can be sued for 3rd party content. BigTech is the only ones that can deal with the legalities of posting 3rd party content.

They're never going to stop trying to kill the internet.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/why-ban-of-realdonaldtrump-proves-twitter-not-just-a-platform/ We know the trick. This does not stop big tech, it helps them kill their competition, because alt-tech cannot survive in an envrionment where they can be sued for 3rd party content. BigTech is the only ones that can deal with the legalities of posting 3rd party content. They're never going to stop trying to kill the internet.

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Not at all.

Without 230, they have two choices:

1 Act like a phone company
2 Act like a newspaper

Poal would choose the former, and lose some ability to moderate itself. With 230, they can ban and editorialize content like a paper but maintain legal immunity for communications, like a phone company.

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It'll be newspaper, except only the big guys can play.

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How will they attract users when editors ("moderators") have to approve of every post individually before it's published?

Most users will prefer instant unmoderated content over endless "pending approval"s.

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There won't be any "instant unmoderated content" as without 230 the service hosting it is liable for those posts.