Derek Powazek 🐐I wonder if people using mastodon know that, without section 230, no one could legally afford to run a mastodon instance in the US. Section 230 protects what we do here every day. Politicians threatening 230 are threatening free speech on the internet.
Christina Warren@fraying there’s an insane amount of anti 230 people on this site and in circles where it is in their direct interest to fight for section 230 who don’t because of really bizarre arguments about stuff they don’t like that is also protected. I’ve given up trying to reason with them but I fear it will lead to us all losing.
Mike Masnick ✅@film_girl @fraying last month i gave a talk in a law school class, where the prof first split the class up into two groups, one had to defend 230 and the other had to explain why it was bad. Both groups gave talks on why it was bad. The "defense" was "it was good at first, but now it's not."
The talk I gave to them very quickly changed...
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Those of us old enough to remember building social sites before 230 need to start reminding the youngs what it was like. I can't tell you how many clients/bosses told me I couldn't remove spam and abuse because, if we did, then we'd be liable for everything on the site. And the astonishing thing is how many people STILL think this.
Those of us old enough to remember building social sites before 230 need to start reminding the youngs what it was like. I can't tell you how many clients/bosses told me I couldn't remove spam and abuse because, if we did, then we'd be liable for everything on the site. And the astonishing thing is how many people STILL think this.
@fraying @film_girl i mean, Wired ran a massive cover story that made this exact claim multiple times... in 2018. https://www.techdirt.com/2018/02/20/wireds-big-cover-story-facebook-gets-key-legal-point-totally-backwards-demonstrating-why-cda-230-is-actually-important/
Wired's Big Cover Story On Facebook Gets Key Legal Point Totally Backwards, Demonstrating Why CDA 230 Is Actually Important
If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend reading the latest Wired cover story by Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein, detailing the past two years at Facebook and how the company has …
@mmasnick @film_girl fucking embarrassing