While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230? (www.techdirt.com)
from schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to technology@lemmy.ml on 21 Feb 19:46
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Xanza@lemm.ee on 21 Feb 19:49 next collapse

While democracy burns, democrats do absolute dick.

Broadfern@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 21:37 collapse

Oh no no, they enthusiastically help dismantle the basic rights of American citizens; at least the ones with corporate interests.

The fact that Lindsey Graham is in bed with these fuckers on this bill should be all the red flags needed, to be honest.

TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works on 21 Feb 20:43 next collapse

“either willful ignorance or calculated misdirection”

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 22:51 next collapse

Section 230 is good overall I think it just shouldn’t apply to anything sorted by engagement or not clearly defined and auditable. Section 230 makes sense for Craigslist but not for Facebook/Twitter. If a site has a “suggested posts” section or “you may like” feature they should be treated as publishers and not protected.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Feb 23:59 collapse

Lemmy can suggest top posts. Should it be protected?

haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com on 22 Feb 05:25 collapse

Lemmy cant. It has a clear cut sorting strategy which is open source. Assuming we’re talking about actual suggestions which are based on something else than most upvotes, most downvotes, most upvotes per time.

fubarx@lemmy.ml on 22 Feb 17:07 collapse

Section 230 was foundational to shifting the risk of running social networks. This, good or bad, brought us to where we are.

Once they knock it down, the unintended consequences will be… interesting. 🍿

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 22 Feb 19:17 collapse

Wouldn’t that mean Lemmy is fucked if it allows US users? No way instances can afford that kind of moderation.

fubarx@lemmy.ml on 22 Feb 20:09 collapse

That is one possible outcome. The other is they put so many loopholes and exceptions in it to appease a particular point of view and it becomes meaningless.

Either way, investments will likely be impacted.