Re:FCC to move ahead with 'rulemaking' on Section 230
by argomo on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:13AM
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Is the following statement legal or illegal? "Man, nothing ends the day like a nice cold beer."
Clearly, that's legal. But if I'm running a platform, I should be able to hide/downrank/shadowban/censor it based on what sort of community I'm trying to build. In a kid-oriented venue, it's inappropriate. In a recovering alcoholics group it's harmful/malicious. In a tech forum, it's low value.
If you went to a school, an AA meeting, or a tech conference and talked about beer overbearingly, you'd be asked to leave the venue, and that would be their right.
As onerous as it is to have legitimate, authentic speech banned from a popular platform, the alternative of allowing all speech effectively creates a worthless noise chamber dominated by bad actors.
Clearly, that's legal. But if I'm running a platform, I should be able to hide/downrank/shadowban/censor it based on what sort of community I'm trying to build. In a kid-oriented venue, it's inappropriate. In a recovering alcoholics group it's harmful/malicious. In a tech forum, it's low value.
If you went to a school, an AA meeting, or a tech conference and talked about beer overbearingly, you'd be asked to leave the venue, and that would be their right.
As onerous as it is to have legitimate, authentic speech banned from a popular platform, the alternative of allowing all speech effectively creates a worthless noise chamber dominated by bad actors.