Title says it all but, I just think that saying "hey get rid of 230" is good enough. So should I talk about YouTube's new guidelines or Twitter banning opposing opinions and blocking the president's Twitters? I don't want to sound like a idiot and I'm takin seriously. Also I'm a citizen of MO.
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That's different from the Constitution...
Section 230 holds that companies cannot be liable for stuff idiots using their site decide to post, so long as said company isn't acting as a publisher.
The argument that companies like Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/etc. are acting as publishers is true, but Section 230 also protects places like TD from trolls who would post CP here to get it shut down. So getting rid of 230 isn't a grand idea - reforming it to enforce that social media companies ARE publishers (or must stop acting as them in order to retain 230 protections) and should be treated as such is a good idea.
That said, it's sort of already on the books - it's like monopoly laws - the companies have to be sued and shown they were wrong before shit gets done.
Bill Gates lost his monopoly/anti-trust suits over far less...No reason Dorsey and Zuck can't get reamed.
Again, what Constitution have you read? What they are doing is SEDITION & TREASON. Still not legal.
You can argue that, yes. I would agree that you are correct.
The problem is that courts would have to also agree.
It's the unfortunate downside of being a nation of laws - we can't just hang people who we think (or even KNOW) are traitors - they have to be dealt with legally.
I don't even understand the premise of your argument anymore because it seems to flip-flop. Are you one of those Fake Libertarians, or a real one?
I haven't flip-flopped at all. I am saying I agree with you in theory, but in practice things are not as simple as we'd like them to be. Just because WE think or know something is wrong doesn't mean others agree - especially those with the power to actually do something about it; those who control the courts, government, what-have-you.
And no, I'm not a lolbertarian, lol