Posted on 03/08/2022 9:56:16 AM PST by bitt
Justice Clarence Thomas issued a statement on Monday about the denial of certiorari in the Jane Doe v. Facebook case. In his statement, Justice Thomas called for the Supreme Court to “address the proper scope of immunity under §230 in an appropriate case” available to Big Tech.
Justice Thomas narrated that it’s “hard to see” why section 230 is protecting the Big Tech from liability for companies’ “own ‘acts and omissions.’
“It is hard to see why the protection §230(c)(1) grants publishers against being held strictly liable for third parties’ content should protect Facebook from liability for its own “acts and omissions,” Justice Thomas stated.
“Here, the Texas Supreme Court afforded publisher immunity even though Facebook allegedly “knows its system facilitates human traffickers in identifying and cultivating victims,” but has nonetheless “failed to take any reasonable steps to mitigate the use of Facebook by human traffickers” because doing so would cost the company users—and the advertising revenue those users generate,” he said.
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Oh how I wish I could waive my magic wand and make Justice Thomas Chief Justice Thomas.
yep
Eight v one, the anti-Americans are winning.
About time.
You’re either a publisher or a platform.
Criminal Tech wants it both ways.
I would say they want it neither way - they don’t the liabilities of being a Publisher OR a Platform. They don’t want any liabilities at all.
Bingo. Their own actions of de-platforming different-opinion posters and removing comments make them a content publisher, not a content carrier, and removes their Section 230 immunity.
Make them all utilities, after all they are tools.
One of the best and smartest supreme court justices in the history of America.
Rather wave it and make 6 of those @ssholes disappear!
Clarence Thomas is the best jurist on the court, bar none. Trump’s picks have been a big disappointment. Then there’s this anti-constitution pick of Bidet’s.
I see your magic wand and I raise it so that we clone justice Thomas to hold 4 1/2 seats and bring back Scalia for the other 4 1/2 seats
I see your magic wand and I raise it so that we clone justice Thomas to hold 4 1/2 seats and bring back Scalia for the other 4 1/2 seats
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LOL!
Cloning and resurrection. These are either dark arts or miracles.
I am of the opinion that the correct forum is the Congress, not the courts.
I LOVE CLARENCE THOMAS!!!
““It is hard to see why the protection §230(c)(1) grants publishers against being held strictly liable for third parties’ content should protect Facebook from liability for its own “acts and omissions,” Justice Thomas stated. “
Finally.
Eliminate sec 230.
Would this be a measure for the government to protect us from our own gullibility? Would this protection make us smarter or stupider?
I wonder if Thomas even talks to Roberts.
George W. Bush actually had that 'magic wand' in his hand - and failed to use it. That was literally the biggest mistake of his presidency...
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