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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by ashtonkem on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:31PM (#23576031)
The problem is that it’s very hard to write a law that both bans the moderation of political speech, and would allow the hypothetical sewing forum operator to ban non-sewing content.

How do you define political? How do you handle extreme political ideologies that advocate for violence too? Who has the power to decide which speech is moderation proof? How do you avoid abuse when politicians eventually control such a system? And how do you survive legal challenges to the fact that you’ve created a third type of extra protected speech?

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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by akersten on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:40PM (#23576115)
Right? And even if there were some magical law that could distinguish between "off-topic" and "on-topic," that would still prevent me from running my little sewing site - because if I truly don't want the KKK hoods on there and I remove them, I'm suddenly still responsible for anything else that gets posted. So I'd either get no sleep because I'm constantly reviewing every post, have to hire a dedicated moderation team, or give in to the trolls entirely.

S230 is not just a "big tech" shield, it literally enables internet communities as we know them to exist.

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