Posted on 02/19/2023 7:00:40 PM PST by Golden Eagle
Where are the bassturds going to get the authority to do so. The Internet is not in the Constitution.
The question is who is responsible for offensive content posted on social media or similar websites - the poster, the hosting site, or both.
I think keeping it primarily the liability of the poster, makes the most sense, so long as the hosting site removes blatantly offensive or copyrighted material in a responsible amount of time. Those variables may need to be set, but I wouldn’t do much more to hold the hosting site responsible for the inane actions of their users.
The two cases seem to present quite a conundrum:
#1) If I allow you to say anything you want to say,
do I have any liability for what you say?
#2) If I restrict what you can or cannot say,
am I prohibiting your right to free speech?
Well, that’s the game they’re playing. Can’t have it both ways.
Or not, we’ll see.
You left out the really big deal -
3. If I restrict or edit what is said on my platform, does that make me liable for what I allow to be posted?
Great analysis!
if anybody can say anything they want then you end up with 4chan ... and I’m OK with that ...
The interstate commerce clause
It seems to me that it all boils down to something like:
“who” is responsible to decide
“what” is acceptable to say and
“what” is not acceptable to say?
I think that if hosts of content actively edit that which isn’t offensive or pornographic, it makes them an editor and publisher. Under Section 230, publishers are liable for content.
According to whom or what?
Agreed.
My rule of thumb on Instagram is should this be seen by
Minors? What is done on private pages, isn’t quite as
bad. They should screen, but you can’t make them.
I run into reels on the main feed that are just way over
the top offensive. I can take about anything, but it’s just
the way they do it. I don’t want to run into that stuff
without meaning to. I don’t ever mean to.
Kids don’t need to run into some of this baser stuff.
It’s so brutal some of it, it’s destructive for kids.
I don’t run into this stuff all the time, but it’s not
all that infrequent.
When I run into it, I report it. Then I ask not to see
that person’s content again.
I don’t recommend they be banished, but in one instance
it was so ripe they did toss the person off the forum.
According to rules that are 1) Clearly and specifically spelled out, 2) Presented to you and agreed to by you prior to your posting, and 3) Agreed to and approved by the courts. That's about the only way I can see this thing working. Even then, there will be some arguing back and forth, but hopefully this will allow the disputes to be minimal and manageable.
whether tech platforms can be legally liable for content posted, even from third parties.
Isn’t this what Section 230 is about? Isn’t this why Pres Trump wanted to get roses if it?
Given that most of congress is the hip pockets of the tech industry, isn’t this why it blocked PresTrump from getting rid of Sec230?
Isn’t this what Cruz went after Zuckerberg during one of those hearings?
After mulling this over in my mind for a while...
Assuming this:
“You” have the right to say anything you want to say
in a public place, on your “soapbox” in the town square...
BUT,
“I” have the right to not allow you to do that on my private property.
The question seems to be:
are social media sites like twitter, youtube, etc.
“public places” or “private places”?
The Supreme Court could decide to use the same term they created
in order to resolve the civil rights issue back in the ‘60’s
by saying these sites “provide for a public accommodation”.
I’m afraid the regulators will only make the problem worse.
bkmk
The Hill sucks. Period.
Leftist garbage.
The arbitrary censorship must end.
The State Department, the CIA, the NSA, the FBI, the DOJ, the DOD, the rest of the alphabet garbage must STOP censoring US citizens. And stop making up false charges to persecute/prosecute their political enemies.
It is Time to Restore the Constitution.
It is TIME to #DownSize_DC!
Cut the budget of every agency in 1/2. Fire the B Tards at the top. Then lets see what happens.
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