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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by stale2002 on Thursday August 29, 2024 @08:49PM (#41396812)
No, that's not the end the result.

It would be perfectly legal for a platform to choose to allow a user to decide on their own to filter out spam.

Maybe a user could sign up for such an algorithm, but if they choose to whitelist certain accounts, that would also be allowed.

Problem solved.

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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by jojobas on Thursday August 29, 2024 @09:04PM (#41396888)
Exactly. Moderation is not a problem as long as you can opt out of it, for both reading and writing.
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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by mr_toad on Friday August 30, 2024 @02:32AM (#41398213)
If I were to start posting defamatory material about you on various internet forums, how would you opt out of that?
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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by jojobas on Friday August 30, 2024 @07:43AM (#41399750)
Same as if you were to post it on notice boards, I would opt to not give a fuck.
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