Re:FCC to move ahead with 'rulemaking' on Section 230
by blhack on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:45PM
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Section 230 is outlining a way in which an internet service can be exempted from liability. What part of this is causing you to read it another way?
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Re:FCC to move ahead with 'rulemaking' on Section 230
by jakelazaroff on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:11PM
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Section 230 shields platform operators from liability for user-generated content. It does not set conditions for immunity such as not moderating. In fact, it was arguably created expressly to prevent this publisher/distributor dichotomy. Look at the cases against Prodigy and Compuserve for examples of the ambiguity Section 230 was introduced to resolve.