Repealing section 230 is a really bad idea. The big tech giants have a room full of lawyers to rapidly dismiss frivolous lawsuits, furthermore, AI would be developed to further censor the internet to prevent anything offensive from being posted.
The small online business wouldn't be able to survive as people sue for literally everything these days.
There is proposed legislation to repeal sections of 230 for a select minority of megacorps who hold all the keys to the new public square (Facebooks, Twitter, Google), this would be infinitely better than repealing 230 in it's entirety, which would change the internet as we know it permanently, and for the worse.
This is a complicated subject which needs to be approached delicately, nothing would make big tech happier than regulatory capture that disproportionately harms free market competition. This is precisely why Net Neutrality is bad, it's the same idea, the barrier to entry is raised and thus, competition (which is bad for the businesses and stockholders but great for the average consumer ) is locked out.
When big businesses compete for our business, we win. When a Monopoly is in control, we lose. Being the only game in town is worth much more to Google than having to pay higher taxes.
Repealing section 230 is a really bad idea. The big tech giants have a room full of lawyers to rapidly dismiss frivolous lawsuits, furthermore, AI would be developed to further censor the internet to prevent anything offensive from being posted.
The small online business wouldn't be able to survive as people sue for literally everything these days.
There is proposed legislation to repeal sections of 230 for a select minority of megacorps who hold all the keys to the new public square (Facebooks, Twitter, Google), this would be infinitely better than repealing 230 in it's entirety, which would change the internet as we know it permanently, and for the worse.
This is a complicated subject which needs to be approached delicately, nothing would make big tech happier than regulatory capture that disproportionately harms free market competition. This is precisely why Net Neutrality is bad, it's the same idea, the barrier to entry is raised and thus, competition (which is bad for the businesses and great for the consumer ) is locked out.