Section 230
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CornusKousa
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No way....platforms, public squares and publishers all need it to function with the rest of the legal system.
That law was written for the mediascape of 1996.......might as well be 1896 as far as communication tech has advanced. Those regs were written a solid 10 years before most of the "issue" formats (like streamers and their various platforms) were even thought up,...... 230 is good but it's showing it's age.
We just need reforms to better delineate the media types and what their rule sets or "playing field" as it were, who is responsible for what, for the modern era of media.
That is to say, Congress needs to do it's fuckin' job.
That law was written for the mediascape of 1996.......might as well be 1896 as far as communication tech has advanced. Those regs were written a solid 10 years before most of the "issue" formats (like streamers and their various platforms) were even thought up,...... 230 is good but it's showing it's age.
We just need reforms to better delineate the media types and what their rule sets or "playing field" as it were, who is responsible for what, for the modern era of media.
That is to say, Congress needs to do it's fuckin' job.
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When they edit content and censor political speech, no matter the metric, then they become publishers, imho, and knowing that they could be sued for discrimination might cause a mysterious and sudden change in their "algorithms." When they have the ability to influence elections, then they should be subject to legal scrutiny over putting their thumb on the scale by limiting content that they merely disagree with and don't approve of. They cannot be allowed to be the public arbiters of political hate speech without repercussion.
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Thousands are dying each day, yet the bellicose few scream focus on their purported "right" to say anything they want on private media platforms. 
Teh "invisible hand of teh market" gave you Parler (aka "Wingnut Safe Space") as a viable alternative.
Teh "invisible hand of teh market" gave you Parler (aka "Wingnut Safe Space") as a viable alternative.
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The "ignore" button is your friend. I realize I present a "clear and present danger" to your carefully crafted "reality distortion bubble", as does everyone who opts to live in the fact-based world.
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I think 230 is flawed, and I do believe that those entities publishing dangerous content or child pornography for instance should be liable for damages they are responsible for. They devil is in the details of course, but I think we’ve got a big problem with the way we currently are functioning. What I do NOT agree with is holding the NDAA hostage over section 230. It is completely unrelated, and this kind of shit should be illegal.
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Thousands are dying each day, yet the bellicose few scream focus on their purported "right" to say anything they want on private media platforms.
Teh "invisible hand of teh market" gave you Parler (aka "Wingnut Safe Space") as a viable alternative.
What happened to being all pro-regulation to ensure fair play??
You getting all Glibertarian all of a sudden??
Rob....he's #ToxicShitsludgeideology for me but not for thee.....imagine that
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Section 230 has been modified over the years, the Trump administration carved out a ban on child sex trafficking in 2018 which essentially banned the "personals" section on Craigslist.
In the "unintended consequences" department, it also led to the permanent banhammering of longtime Literotica asswipe Ishmael. Ishmael routinely referred to those who disagreed with him as pterodactyls and management warned him that that was unacceptable under the new law. Ishmael was of the opinion that laws didn't apply to him as a "sovereign citizen" and promptly got banhammed, and two subsequent attempts to re-register were also banhammered. He now sulks exclusively on Wat Tyler's ammosexual thread.
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The whole idea of repealing 230 is rooted in subjective persecution complex. Right wingers who want to punish social media companies for not letting them skirt the community rules.
It's just like the outcry a few years back about IRS targeting right wing non profits. Well yeah, of course they were targeted. They did sus things. And there was extra scrutiny across the board but only conservatives whined loudly about it, so that became the narrative.
It's just like the outcry a few years back about IRS targeting right wing non profits. Well yeah, of course they were targeted. They did sus things. And there was extra scrutiny across the board but only conservatives whined loudly about it, so that became the narrative.
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Don't really have a political party preference. I try to vote for the best person. It is bad to give so few people so much power. We wouldn't do it for the Russians.
Is back? WTF you are the poster who has been banned at least twice since I have been here...Rob, as far as I know has NEVER been banned...STFU...
Drew Johnson, PJMedia
https://pjmedia.com/columns/drew-jo...g-tech-means-for-tech-accountability-n1192708
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Never been banned in 18 years here.
- Ishmael can't make that claim
- AJ can't make that claim
- Que can't make that claim
- BoBoIncel can't make that claim
I simply have impulse control. They don't. They work themselves up into a righteous fury, convince themselves that the rules don't apply to THEM, and are shocked....SHOCKED, I tell you....when they find themselves banhammered.
The best part of this sad drama is Que swore a Holy Oath on Thanksgiving 2014 to "run me off the board". He "knew" how to handle troublemakers like me, and he'd make me pay an "exhorbitant price" to post here....
....and two dozen, maybe more, Que alts have come and gone during that time.
Agree.
CornusKousa
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US progressives would come un-fucking-glued in a fit of total rage over it.
The do rather approve of the way the censorship is applied; gives them home-field advantage in the age of electronic messaging.
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