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A comment on Section 230: Mend it, don’t end it (2020).

Re:Section 230: Mend it, don’t end it (2020) by josephcsible on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:25AM (#33435360)
Who actually wants to end Section 230? Most of the complaints I've heard about it have just been that it should be changed to only apply to platforms (which don't censor), and not to publishers (which do).
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Re:Section 230: Mend it, don’t end it (2020) by ryukafalz on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:28AM (#33435411)
> Who actually wants to end Section 230?

Both Biden and Trump, for a start: https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/09/biden_tech_reform_sec...

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Re:Section 230: Mend it, don’t end it (2020) by dehrmann on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:10PM (#33438146)
Stating the obvious, it should scare people that key figures in both parties want to limit online speech.
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