If you want to overthrow Big Tech, you’ll need Section 230. The paradigm shift being built with the Open Social Web can put communities back in control of social media infrastructure, and finally end our dependency on enshitified corporate giants. But while these incumbents can overcome...
  • OldSageRick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 days ago

    For those unaware

    Section 230 says

    “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

    Which is a long way to say that no one except the person who published something can be held liable and/or guilty for whatever they have published.

  • ozoned@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I was watching the bipartisan senate hearing on 230. Even Ted Cruz, and every witness there, said 230 should exist, but it needs AMENDED! And they want it to include AI companies. Meaning they’ll be responsible for the content that users create.

    I did a reacts video on this for folks that ate interested:

    https://tubefree.org/w/aKkLkyiz8Spf2csNfgUkdK

    Liability or Deniability? Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30

    ’ Upon announcing the hearing, Sen. Cruz said: “Big Tech—the most powerful companies on Earth—can exercise monopoly power to make views they dislike disappear and that should scare everyone. When it comes to viewpoint suppression, however, repealing section 230 might increase censorship. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses and discussing possible reforms to section 230 so online platforms are a free and open marketplace for ideas.” ’

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    For all I respect the EFF hugely, isn’t this just a US problem, as the world shifts away, the internet routes around the disruption and decentralization makes 230 a moot point for the rest of the world’s open social web. Big Tech strengthening it’s grip in the US will likely be a sand slipping through fingers moment as people jump ship.

    A far greater threat IMO is de-anonymization via ‘age restriction’ laws, so appealing to governments world wide, so chilling of free speech, here’s hoping that’s also a sand slipping moment…