Section 230 provides liability coverage for 'platforms' like facebook, twitter, etc, which makes them not responsible for what users post. It'd be impossible to operate a platform without that coverage, as lawsuits would roll in every time some a-hole made a slanderous comment towards another. This would bankrupty the platform in litigation costs. So 230 is well intentioned, and without something similar we wouldn't have some of the nice platforms we do have. BUUUUUT, these platforms have acted in bad faith, moderating content in extremely lopsided manner to where they suppress conservative speech and promote lefty speech (silencing posts, faking twitter trends, for example). These reforms attempt to say "You can moderate, but you must be fair and consistent. And if you do not stay fair and consistent, you will lose liability protection". Basically telling them to be fair or fuck off.
So 230 is well intentioned, and without something similar we wouldn't have some of the nice platforms we do have.
Not true. These platforms could exist where you self-publish and they amplify it - like what cloudfare does for thedonald.win - so that you don't need a terabit internet connection.
They don't do this because 230 let's them get away with hosting your content instead of amplifying it, and that lets them censor and monopolize your content.
Section 230 provides liability coverage for 'platforms' like facebook, twitter, etc, which makes them not responsible for what users post. It'd be impossible to operate a platform without that coverage, as lawsuits would roll in every time some a-hole made a slanderous comment towards another. This would bankrupty the platform in litigation costs. So 230 is well intentioned, and without something similar we wouldn't have some of the nice platforms we do have. BUUUUUT, these platforms have acted in bad faith, moderating content in extremely lopsided manner to where they suppress conservative speech and promote lefty speech (silencing posts, faking twitter trends, for example). These reforms attempt to say "You can moderate, but you must be fair and consistent. And if you do not stay fair and consistent, you will lose liability protection". Basically telling them to be fair or fuck off.
Not true. These platforms could exist where you self-publish and they amplify it - like what cloudfare does for thedonald.win - so that you don't need a terabit internet connection.
They don't do this because 230 let's them get away with hosting your content instead of amplifying it, and that lets them censor and monopolize your content.