Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by HPsquared on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:50PM
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Either they're a public utility or they have control (and thus should have some degree of liability) for what is transmitted/published on their platform. They can't eat their cake and have it too!
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by Barrin92 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:52PM
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Platforms have removed harmful content, for example terrorist propaganda or child pornography with 230 protections intact and governments appeared to welcome it so I think you can actually have your cake and eat it too, or at least you could until you fact checked Republicans I suppose
Platforms both enjoy first amendment protection to moderate their platforms as they see fit as well as protection from liability under 230. They are not mutually exclusive, and platforms have been moderating their content for decades. In fact most online communities could not even function if they had no right to moderate.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/no-section-230-does-no...
Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by ddoolin on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:53PM
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They _are_ liable for many things published on their platform. And they are also allowed to moderate content in whatever way they want. I don't see a problem as you are free to go start your own platform and presumably it would be popular if this many people have a problem with the existing censorship.
This honestly seems to be the model that Republicans have been pining for all along, they just don't like that they or their supporters are falling victim to its design.