Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by Schiendelman on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:03PM
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I'm not sure we have to. If you just make a company responsible for what they've posted, then the civil court system will probably figure that out, won't it?
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Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by JAlexoid on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:26PM
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Companies are already responsible for what they post.(see Dominion lawsuit)
Companies aren't, and should not be, responsible for what other people post on their websites.(See Section 230 prehistory)
Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by Barracoon on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:48PM
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Should they be responsible for what they algorithimcally show to users?
Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by JAlexoid on Friday November 08, 2024 @08:05AM
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No. And you literally wrote why... Algorithmically promoting something isn't a matter of an opinion expressed by the company.
But neither is a company liable just because they engage in moderation.
Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by metamet on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:26PM
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Who is going to bring them to court?
Who is going to pay for these court cases?
Who has the money to draw them our indefinitely?
Re:Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on ho...
by krapp on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:28PM
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You want to make the civil court system responsible for litigating the truth or falsehood of every comment, post and claim made on the internet?
Why not just make a separate court system instead of tying up the existing one? We couldn't call it the Ministry of Truth because it's the US, but maybe Bureau of Truth?