What would the 230 exemption do to stop this? It will only encourage more of it. Maybe that is what you want, to crush their popularity?
They are a private company they can do what they want. 230 has nothing to do with the problem. In fact it’s newspapers like the NY Post that can be sued for libel, while FB/TW etc can’t which is all the more reason why these sites shouldn’t be censoring or limiting any content that isn’t explicitly illegal.
IMO the only way to stop them is to treat any platform with more than a few million users as a public utility. I am not a fan of regulation but we’re letting them create dystopia with their MK Ultra techniques, and this is not heavy regulation it would just say “you can’t stifle people’s conversations”.
They are a private company they can do what they want
Anything they want? You mean like interfere in an election? Haven’t we been told for 4 years that is a crime?
Today they shadowed banned Levin. Couple days ago they Banned a 29,000 women in the New Jersey for Trump women club. Have they banned any Fake Newers for spreading the false Trump-Russia conparcy for 4 years? Nope. The Democrats in Big Tech are acting in partisan manner. Any conservative who supports this type of behavior is a fool.
“They are a private company they can do what they want.”
Facebook and all of the big social media companies are public.
“230 has nothing to do with the problem.”
It’s become a problem because social media platforms are abusing it. The purpose of 230 is to encourage free speech by limiting the damages that can be recovered by suing the platforms. 230 treats social media as platforms for free speech by removing liability from the companies. But, instead, the executives have decided they don’t want free speech. They want power and control.
“IMO the only way to stop them is to treat any platform with more than a few million users as a public utility.”
In general I agree. Can you imagine if your political views were used to determine whether you could have a bank account, cell phone, or Internet access? Companies view social media content for hiring purposes, and people can lose their jobs over content posted on them.
Demonetization and deplatforming should be treated as serious crimes. They are worse than theft or robbery. They are close to murder.
What would the 230 exemption do to stop this? It will only encourage more of it.
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With all due respect, redrafting 230 to permit the unleashing of potentially millions of plaintiffs and their lawyers on FB, Twitter and Utube WILL STOP this usurpation of free speech overnight.