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Re:You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Sect... by amanaplanacanal on Saturday January 09, 2021 @07:29AM (#25699819)
Perhaps we can keep 230, but add a sentence that it no longer applies once you reach a certain number of users. So the small guys are protected, but not the biggest players.

Or perhaps you lose the protection if you show advertising on your site.

Or perhaps make it so that it only applies to nonprofits.

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Re:You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Sect... by jojobas on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:03AM (#25700435)
It's not really enough.

Twitter has political power well above any 20th century legislature could imagine, all at the fingertips of it's owners.

It's 20th century equivalent would be "members of political party X may not hear each other in bars".

I can't see how anyone could consider this "fair", even if this is just a side effect of silencing accounts that aren't ad-friendly.

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