"Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users - Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230).
Don’t be fooled - many of Section 230’s detractors claim that this critical law only protects big tech. The reality is that Section 230 provides limited protection for all platforms, though the biggest beneficiaries are small platforms and users. Why else would some of the biggest platforms be willing to endorse a bill that guts the law? In fact, repealing Section 230 would only cement the status of Big Tech monopolies.
As EFF has said for years, Section 230 is essential to protecting individuals’ ability to speak, organize, and create online.
Congress knew exactly what Section 230 would do – that it would lay the groundwork for speech of all kinds across the internet, on websites both small and large. And that’s exactly what has happened.
Section 230 isn’t in conflict with American values. It upholds them in the digital world. People are able to find and create their own communities, and moderate them as they see fit. People and companies are responsible for their own speech, but (with narrow exceptions) not the speech of others."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech
#USA #Section230 #CommunicationsDecencyAct #ContentModeration #SocialMedia
Section 230 provides limited protection for all platforms, though the biggest beneficiaries are small platforms and users. Why else would some of the biggest platforms be willing to endorse a bill that guts the law? In fact, repealing Section 230 would only cement the status of Big Tech monopolies.
#Zitat im #Artikel: »Die gleiche Vorschrift, die #Meta von der Haftung für die Inhalte seiner #Nutzer freistellt, gibt diesen Nutzern auch das #Recht, selbst zu entscheiden, was sie auf der #Plattform sehen«.
Jetzt geht's dem #Facebook-#Newsfeed an den Kragen. Wird spannend, ob die proaktive #Klage des Wissenschaftlers Erfolg hat.
Facebook-Newsfeed: US-Professor will Facebooks Algorithmen entmachten - DER SPIEGEL
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in the first case about the federal law that helped create the modern internet, and several justices suggested that Congress, not the courts, should resolve the issue.
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https://apnews.com/article/technology-florida-state-government-texas-business-lawsuits-27e9f2e06de0f75a6c2f6a6f8d294827
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a terrorist attack.
"Section 230 protection makes it easier for platforms to allow users to post their views without the companies fearing they could be held responsible for those messages. It also gives the platforms peace of mind that they won’t be penalized if they want to remove or demote information they deem to be harmful or objectionable in some way.
These are the cases that threaten to undermine Section 230′s force."
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/the-supreme-court-could-change-free-speech-on-the-internet.html
Google und Section 230: US-Gerichtsurteil könnte "Internet auf den Kopf stellen"
Der Supreme Court verhandelt ĂĽber elementare US-Haftungsprivilegien fĂĽr soziale Netzwerke. Google mahnt, diese zu erhalten, sonst drohe weitgehende Zensur.
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