In the wake of rolling out its own proposal to significantly limit a key law protecting internet users’ speech in the summer of 2020, the Department of Justice under the first Trump administration actively worked with lawmakers to support further efforts to stifle online speech.The new documents,...
  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    51·
    6 months ago

    “Section 230 protects users’ online speech by protecting the online intermediaries we all rely on to communicate on blogs, social media platforms, and educational and cultural platforms like Wikipedia and the Internet Archive. Section 230 embodies the principle that we should all be responsible for our own actions and statements online, but generally not those of others. The law prevents most civil suits against users or services that are based on what others say.”

    • schnurritoOPEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      Ok? What’s the point of quoting a random paragraph from the article with no further comment?

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        because when I read the title I wondered what section 230 and I figure other folk might so I pasted that salient bit. I do this a lot actually.