ThomasThat is how Big Tech got big RT @1br0wn: Not sure a “Big Tech critic” 🇺🇸 #FCC chair whose main plan is to reduce #s230 liability protection for intermediaries is the reformer we need 🤨
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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦I’m currently a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs - and we are studying Bill S-230, which deals with structured intervention units, or SIUs, which have replaced the old solitary confinement/segregation cells. I was surprised to see that at the Max, at least, the SIU cells were actually bigger and brighter than the small standard cells. #S230 #BillS230 #LCJC #SenateofCanada #Edmonton #yeg
Bret CarmichaelThis is a future test for #S230, which protects #Twitter from damages resulting from user generated content. That changes when Twitter is directly compensated to promote offending content through Twitter Blue, and fails to remove said offending content, so it can continue profiting from it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-fails-to-remove-hate-speech-by-blue-check-users-says-report-from-center-for-countering-digital-hate
https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-fails-to-remove-hate-speech-by-blue-check-users-says-report-from-center-for-countering-digital-hate
Wendy M. GrossmanThis week's net.wars, "Gap year", is frustrated that the things (US and UK) politicians obsess about - S230, message scanning - have so little to do with what Internet users want or need: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/03/10/gap-year/ #NetWars #S230 #encryption
Gap year - net.wars
What do Internet users want? First, they want meaningful access. They want usability. They want not to be scammed, manipulated, lied to, exploited, or cheated. It’s unlikely that any of the ongoing debates in either the US or UK will deliver any of those. First and foremost, this week concluded two frustrating years in which … Continue reading "Gap year"
Lizard@schizanon My reply to the idiot:
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"Despite much alarm from some political sectors, the SAFE TECH Act does not repeal Section 230, but rather updates the legislation that was already in place."
Yes, in the same way hitting the iceberg 'updated' the Titanic from 'ocean liner' to 'submarine'.
Congratulations! In a week full of incredibly stupid #S230 opinions, you outdid them all!
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@evangreer It's scary! Mastodon developers are already talking about backing out.
"As a U.S. based developer with a U.S. based product (@trunksapp), I will likely cease operating this client if 230 is weakened or neutered in a meaningful way.
I don't have the care, want, or resources to deal with the possibility of being held liable for the content that you see (or don't see) from other users."
https://mstdn.social/@trunksapp/109916901199482787
#Section230 #S230 #Fediverse #Mastodon #Akkoma
"As a U.S. based developer with a U.S. based product (@trunksapp), I will likely cease operating this client if 230 is weakened or neutered in a meaningful way.
I don't have the care, want, or resources to deal with the possibility of being held liable for the content that you see (or don't see) from other users."
https://mstdn.social/@trunksapp/109916901199482787
#Section230 #S230 #Fediverse #Mastodon #Akkoma
trunks.social (@[email protected])
Has anyone considered impacts of #section230 on mastodon clients and hosts? As a U.S. based developer with a U.S. based product (@trunksapp), I will likely cease operating this client if 230 is weakened or neutered in a meaningful way. I don't have the care, want, or resources to deal with the possibility of being held liable for the content that you see (or don't see) from other users.
This week's net.wars, "A world of lawsuits" visits both the SCOTUS hearings on cases that could change web-wide liability laws and the UNESCO Internet4Trust's efforts to write a framework for platform self-regulation: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/02/24/a-world-of-lawsuits/ #NetWars #InternetForTrust #SCOTUS #S230
A world of lawsuits - net.wars
In the US this week the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases centered on Section 230, the US law that shields online platforms from liability for third-party content. In Paris, UNESCO convened Internet for Trust to bring together governments and civil society to contemplate global solutions to the persistent problems of Internet regulation. And … Continue reading "A world of lawsuits"
@Anti-authoritarian
Also to:
Hello! You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency Act
Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you’ve said something quite wrong about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. I apologize if it feels a bit cold and rude to resp…
@Anti-authoritarian There have been so many lies from pundits and politicians of all persuasions that most people are utterly ignorant of what the law says and, having grown comfortable in their ignorance, resist any attempt to expose them to truth. #S230
But you can send them to:
https://www.techdirt.com/2021/10/29/everything-you-know-about-section-230-is-wrong-why/
