Somewhat disappointed in the people who are so quick to say that we need to reform Section 230 because "big tech companies are bad," without considering whether or not it would even fix the problem. Too many of my mentions are people who seem to not care about the consequences (and whether or not such reforms would help fix any perceived problem). It's just "company bad, therefore, 230 must be bad."
Think through the details, people.
@mmasnick I'm wondering what the hell a reform of Section 230 would actually look like...
Section 230 overturned would simply be a nightmare. It would give our opposition a whole new suite of tools to "enshitify" (as Cory Doctorow puts it) online content.
Companies afraid of being sued for the distribution of their content would end up producing generic, uninteresting media.
It would be a granular change to the way we do things online. It's pretty nightmarish to even think about.
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