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Re:Trump's executive order targets political bias at Twitter... by basch on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:48PM (#23341719)
That's not at all how the law reads.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

(A) any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected;

Moderation does not have to be systematic, transparent, unbiased, or applied fairly.

The combined parts 1 and 2 of the "Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material" mean that you are not responsible for the speech you host, but you can also not be compelled to host speech you choose not to host.

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