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.
Justin D Kruger (he/him)@fraying I certainly don’t think 230 should be repealed, but it needs revision.
I think sites should not be responsible for user generated content, but they should be responsible for manual or automated editorializing that user generated content.
So direct timelines would not be affected, but if Yelp reorders posts, they assume some liability, if Facebook or Twitter reorder content then they are responsible for what they are promoting or hiding.