Learning about Section 230 today, which has held internet platforms (social media sites, forums, podcast apps, etc) immune from liability for user-posted content since 1996. Like “the views expressed here…” disclaimers you hear on public media.
There have been pushes for its removal in the past, in 2020 and 2021.
“Democratic proposals have sought to make it easier to hold platforms accountable for harmful content they allow to spread on their services, while Republican proposals have sought to punish platforms for restricting certain kinds of content.”
It’s on the chopping block again, which feels dangerous in the current climate with organizers, artists, and anyone speaking out against the current government’s voices potentially on the line.
“Big Tech will survive 230 changes just fine, but the spaces we use for organizing won’t.”
Tesla Takedown Organizers Letter: “Democrats, don’t kill the tools we need to organize!”