Sixty Minutes Episode Is Pure Misleading Moral Panic About Section 230

Re:Sixty Minutes Episode Is Pure Misleading Moral Panic Abou... by phkahler on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:17PM (#25640218)

>> You can still sue the poster. Section 230 just means you cant sue the service provider for defamation and slander.

That presumes the account can be traced to a real person.

I'm all for having solid end to end identity verification, but that opens a lot of doors governments and companies dont want us to have. For one it makes end to end encryption easy, as its equivalent to ensuring you aren't being MITMed.

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Re:Sixty Minutes Episode Is Pure Misleading Moral Panic Abou... by anfilt on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:41PM (#25640447)

Mandated identification is an even more terrifying idea. I already stop signing up for a site when the ask for a phone number. Last thing I want is to make easier for companies to track me.

Not only that I think anonymity is important. Without you could also just as easily be threatened or harassed by people online. It cut both ways.

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Re:Sixty Minutes Episode Is Pure Misleading Moral Panic Abou... by phkahler on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:37PM (#25652190)

>> Not only that I think anonymity is important. Without you could also just as easily be threatened or harassed by people online.

If someone threatens or harasses you online, and they are not anonymous you can take action. Like you say, both ways.

You can always have sites that drop your identity. It's technically easier to drop information than to verify it.

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