HN Reader

Sen. Whitehouse: We are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal

I have a question. Section 230 basically says companies are allowed to moderate without being defined as publishers and losing liability protection.

Could X just basically stop moderating all together? The one (many?) conflicts here is that they legally have to moderate some things (CSAM) and there would be conflict in terms of moderating adult content. Basically is the law consistent enough to adopt a hands off strategy to maintain liability protection? Or would you be forced to go the other direction.

1 month agoby techblueberry

Just a few lawsuits after section 230 repeal will cause vastly more moderation and the disappearance of many or most comment sections. This isn't going to lead to a free speech valhalla.

I think I'm implicitly assuming that laws are equally applied, which is increasingly untrue.

1 month agoby bediger4000

Is anyone taking bets on how long it'll take for a certain group of high netwoth individuals to sue Wikipedia out of existence for not censoring publicly available information?

On the bright side: future generations will know a cozy, curated version of reality. They won't have to hear distasteful and unsettling things abut our leaders in government and industry. We'll finally be safe from those billionaire sex pests and fraudsters, because we'll have no clue they exist.

1 month agoby m4ck_

https://www.threads.com/@senamyklobuchar/post/DSK4Uf6kezY/

"It has been nearly 30 years since Congress passed Section 230 and gave platforms immunity from lawsuits.

Our children deserve a safer internet and tech companies need to be held accountable for what happens on their platforms."

1 month agoby tguvot

This would be an interesting combo with Moody v. Netchoice.

1 month agoby cosmicgadget

I hope they do!

1 month agoby 2OEH8eoCRo0