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Let me make a distinction here, between what the “right” thing to do for a social media company would be, and what they are within their rights to do. I am on record as saying I am for more free … Read More
That’s why what happened today, and everything that has been leading up to it saddens me. The Republican Party has eaten itself. The QAnon conspiracy theorists couldn’t have done a better job of blowing up the GOP if they were literally working for the Democrats. (Maybe they were?)… Read More
This is ultimately the nightmare scenario for the internet if Section 230 is just wiped out. “Example: if platforms are made responsible for everything millions of users post on their sites, they will have to read it all first. This … Read More
I wrote about Section 230 last week. This comes from David French at Time. “It’s difficult to overstate how important this law is for the free speech of ordinary Americans. For 24 years we’ve taken for granted our ability to … Read More
I found this article from The Hill to be rather enlightening on the subject of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Because it shows that most of the critics of it, on both sides of the political spectrum, simply … Read More
If Sharon, and others, are right about this, on the other hand, they won’t have to: “There are many cybersecurity experts who believe it is only be a matter of time before device manufacturers and mobile operating system developers … Read More
I’m not a lawyer. However, I’d agree with this assessment of the First Amendment, social media platforms are actually free to censor as much, as little, and with as much bias as they want, and this latest ruling on a … Read More