A reminder that the New York Times coverage of Section 230 has been dishonest for a long time.
The "paper of record" relentlessly frames this a Congressional favor for tech giants. In fact, the law protects freedom of expression -- yours and mine -- on the sites where we share, and the ones we own. It also protects our right to edit.
This is about money, and control. Traditional media have less of both due to the Internet. They want it back.
@dangillmor this is misleading as well. Section 230 allows tech giants to masquerade as “platforms” while operating as publishers.
The NY Times, CNN, et al, cannot publish libelous (etc.) content, sell ads next to it (or even run libelous ads) and then say “can’t blame me, I’m just a newspaper, TV, etc. PLATFORM”.
Google, FB, et al want to broadcast random unfiltered trash (freedom!) and collect revenue from it but take no responsibility for it. That’s the difference.
Dan Gillmor
Tonio Loewald