230 doesn't allow them to censor, it's supposed to discourage censorship because it protects them from liability for user content. The problem is it's not being interpreted in a way that large multi-billion dollar "platforms" lose their platform status if they don't allow free-speech content.
Without 230, it would make all community websites impossible. I've seen a lot of posts here which, if the hosts were liable, would easily drive them into bankruptcy or worse.
230 needs to be re-interpreted in the context of monopolies and anti-Trust and billion dollar companies. Just saying all companies are legally responsible for everything people post on their site would be another form of tyranny. To be clear, if you get to a certain size you should be required to observe free-speech protection and special oversight and transparency. That is a much better solution than nuking every small company who can't implement mass censorship and legal teams to insulate themselves from liability. If 230 goes away, every community driven company smaller than Google, Facebook, etc. would be immediately driven to bankruptcy.
Trumps NEGOTIATING. Why do you act as if the "deal" is finalized? Why do you imagine YOU know these basic things but that media/tech/communications.genius Trump doesn't? Lol.
230 doesn't allow them to censor, it's supposed to discourage censorship because it protects them from liability for user content. The problem is it's not being interpreted in a way that large multi-billion dollar "platforms" lose their platform status if they don't allow free-speech content.
Without 230, it would make all community websites impossible. I've seen a lot of posts here which, if the hosts were liable, would easily drive them into bankruptcy or worse.
230 needs to be re-interpreted in the context of monopolies and anti-Trust and billion dollar companies. Just saying all companies are legally responsible for everything people post on their site would be another form of tyranny. To be clear, if you get to a certain size you should be required to observe free-speech protection and special oversight and transparency. That is a much better solution than nuking every small company who can't implement mass censorship and legal teams to insulate themselves from liability. If 230 goes away, every community driven company smaller than Google, Facebook, etc. would be immediately driven to bankruptcy.
Trumps NEGOTIATING. Why do you act as if the "deal" is finalized? Why do you imagine YOU know these basic things but that media/tech/communications.genius Trump doesn't? Lol.