Mastodawn

The #internet has got the imperialists running scared of public opinion. This is why they are attacking the internet, e.g. #AgeVerification, removing #Section230, etc. Don't fall for their bullshit, people. The #Epstein class is obviously NOT "protecting" your kids. youtube.com/shorts/r_Lor...

Ana Is a National Treasure‼️🔥🔥...

Ana Is a National Treasure‼️🔥🔥 #usa #america #israel #palestine #iran #politics #congress #uk

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦1d ago

“One possible mechanism would be to revise #Section230, the law that gives #socialmedia #platforms immunity for harm caused by the third- party content it carries.” open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

Citizens United, Buckley v. Va...

Citizens United, Buckley v. Valejo, and Media Ownership: Turning Money into Power

The rich's control of the media is at least as important as their campaign spending

Dean Baker

tech news ᳇ eicker.news 5d ago

#Meta is appealing a landmark verdict that found the company liable for a woman’s depression, arguing that #Section230 of the Communications Decency Act shields it from liability. The jury found Meta and Google negligent in their platform designs and awarded damages to the plaintiff. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/meta-asks-california-judge-throw-out-landmark-social-media-addiction-verdict-2026-05-06/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Techdirt [Unofficial]6d ago

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/06/more-liability-will-make-ai-chatbots-worse-at-preventing-suicide/

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

California recently passed a law that will, in practice, cause AI chatbots to respond to any hint of emotional distress by spamming users with 988 crisis line numbers, or by cutting off the convers…

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Felis Floppus 6d ago

Debunking CNN's Viral 62 Million Men Hoax

https://youtu.be/mvzQ0WPzRSo

#bigtech #section230 #christiannationalism #feminism #taylorlorenz #exoduscry #kosa #propaganda #cnn #fosta #sesta #journalism #genderviolence

Yet again, we have been had.

Techdirt [Unofficial]May 4

The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 To Survive

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/04/the-open-social-web-needs-section-230-to-survive/

The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 To Survive

If you want to overthrow Big Tech, you’ll need Section 230. The paradigm shift being built with the Open Social Web can put communities back in control of social media infrastructure, and finally e…

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calvusrex Apr 30

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116494636581236689

“…it puts protocols over platforms and lets people own their connections with others” #slowpint #fediverse #smallweb #section230 #decentrailized

Electronic Frontier Foundation Apr 30

The Open Social Web’s kryptonite is the liability participants can face as intermediaries. Laws aiming to change Section 230 put decentralized projects in a uniquely precarious position. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/open-social-web-needs-section-230-survive #fediverse #opensource #section230

The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 to Survive

The paradigm shift being built with the Open Social Web can put communities back in control of social media infrastructure, and finally end our dependency on enshitified corporate giants. But while these incumbents can overcome multimillion-dollar lawsuits, the small host revolution could be picked off one by one without the protections offered by Section 230.

Electronic Frontier Foundation