http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3893895/posts
Justice Thomas stresses that NYT v. Sullivan must be reviewed by the court. Section 230 protection removal does not solve the issue
Without section 230 Google will just become another publisher allowed to defame people they don’t like.
It means that since you dont control what is put out on your platform you are not liable for what is said. Big tech is controlling what is being put out on their platforms so they are liable. That is it in a nutshell. Means you can sue their ass off. They are no longer 230’able. Should be able to do it with an executive order. Classify them as publishers with all the liability baggage entailed in being a publisher.
Lin Wood is salivating.
Killl 230 and hold Big tech’s feet to the fire (law suits). Or just break ‘em up and put parts of ‘em out of business. “Social” media is killing our culture anyway, so why preserve it.
They are too broad. I can understand the difficulty in trying to moderate the comments of a billion users. But that is not what’s at issue anymore. The issues are manipulation of what users can see, limiting the free flow of information, censorship, banning free expression that is not of a criminal nature etc.
Section 230 is just like regulations - they inherently favor larger and wealthier companies, which can devote huge resources to them while adding little to their per unit costs; smaller companies can’t do that, so it will drive them out of business. Better to break up Google into 10 or 20 competing companies.