Re:Parler's home page is back online, but app still not in s...
by judge2020 on Monday January 18, 2021 @12:30AM
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> The host of a social media platform should be no more lumped in with the users of that platform than a phone company
Section 230 exists because even the legal system assumed guilt by association. Without it, sharing someone's false information would be illegal (such as the false dominican voting machine statements[0]). The phone company isn't liable because they're a public utility and don't moderate content - but congress didn't want the internet to be the internet to be filled with porn, so they created 230 which allowed them to remove some content without being liable for all content.
Section 230 exists because even the legal system assumed guilt by association. Without it, sharing someone's false information would be illegal (such as the false dominican voting machine statements[0]). The phone company isn't liable because they're a public utility and don't moderate content - but congress didn't want the internet to be the internet to be filled with porn, so they created 230 which allowed them to remove some content without being liable for all content.
0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/12/21/fox-new...