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william.maggos<a href="https://liberal.city/tags/OtherwiseObjectionable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtherwiseObjectionable</a> is all good but this episode is essential.Before <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>, an online space could choose not to moderate and then remain free of responsibility for anything, or try to moderate and become responsible for all the shit they couldn't keep up with. That would create an internet only trolls would want to use (jerk fedi?) or where mega corps ruled.The law found a middle-ground by making posters not hosts responsible while encouraging moderation.<a href="https://pca.st/f8w1vucq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pca.st/f8w1vucq</a>

TWiT Podcasts🌯 From Section 230 debates to TikTok's uncertain future, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leo</a> Laporte, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@harrymccracken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@harrymccracken</a> @PadreSJ & <a href="https://mastodon.social/@NotPatrick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NotPatrick</a> cover the headlines. Plus, Intel's new CEO gears up for Vision 2025. Tune in to TWiT 1024 for your weekly tech fix! 📰 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> 📲 Download and subscribe here: <a href="https://buff.ly/NIMFyNF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/NIMFyNF</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EFF</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElectronicFrontierFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectronicFrontierFoundation</a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/section-230-trial-heres-what-you-need-know" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/section-230-trial-heres-what-you-need-know</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech</a> 230 Protects Users, Not <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IndiaMcKinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndiaMcKinney</a> 24 march 2025 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FascistUSA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnitedStatesOfBATSHIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfBATSHIT</a>

AI6YR BenHmm, not a lawyer, but if Section 230 goes, someone not in the US is going to have to host my users. <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

william.maggosAFAICT <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> defaults the internet to small, independent websites letting people post dumb shit. And that's great cause sometimes that stuff isn't actually dumb, it was just unlikely to be thought of or said, especially by the wealthy/powerful. It was low-key genius.Without it, everybody would need to be a lot more careful. Kinda like what we see with overly cautious moderation here on this social network of small, independent websites. IMHO<a href="https://liberal.city/tags/fediblockmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediblockmeta</a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/LiberalValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiberalValues</a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWeb</a>

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:So…who out there is still thinking the Democrats are gonna save America? Guess what? They won’t.Many of us know this already. But those of you holding your breath, consider this: Dick Durbin is teaming up with the fascists to make it easy to be sued for censoring disinformation.So, yeah, maybe check yourself. No one will save us. We need to save ourselves.<a href="https://archive.is/MbdlH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/MbdlH</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DickDurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DickDurbin</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a>

FreezenetMAGA Lawmakers Hatch Plan to Murder Online Speech – And Democrats Are HelpingSection 230 is once again facing the chopping block and it is gaining support not just from MAGA Republican's, but also Democrats.<a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/maga-lawmakers-hatch-plan-to-murder-online-speech-and-democrats-are-helping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freezenet.ca/maga-lawmakers-hatch-plan-to-murder-online-speech-and-democrats-are-helping/</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speech</a>

janggolanRe <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> : : "The dumbest part of this is that while these Senators will likely claim they are doing this to punish 'big tech,' this would actually strengthen Meta and Google’s dominance. While smaller sites shut down rather than risk bankruptcy from legal fees, Meta or Google can easily absorb those same costs. It’s as if these Senators looked at the internet’s consolidation problem and decided the solution was… more consolidation."

hardindr<a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@petersuber</a> dump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> <a href="https://cepr.net/publications/section-230-can-we-talk-about-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cepr.net/publications/section-230-can-we-talk-about-it/</a> <a href="https://econtwitter.net/@DeanBaker13" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DeanBaker13</a>

Peter Suber"Here’s what repealing <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Section230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> would actually do: remove the law that explicitly protects websites when they resist government pressure to censor speech." <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USLaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPolitics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lkwc273ntm2z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lkwc273ntm2z</a> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Democratic Senators Team Up Wi...</a>

petersuberFrom <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mmasnick</a>: "Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> A <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> Machine" <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/</a> "The fundamental problem here is that these Senators don’t understand what <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> actually does — or how its repeal would make their stated goals harder to achieve… Here’s what repealing Section 230 would actually do: remove the law that explicitly protects websites when they resist government pressure to censor speech. Without those protections, the Trump administration would have far more leverage to force platforms to remove content they don’t like — whether that’s criticism of Trump, exposure of corruption, or information about voting rights. It can also allow them to pressure websites to host pro-MAGA or pro-Nazi content that sites might not wish to associate with."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

NonilexSen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DickDurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DickDurbin</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrat</a>, & Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyGraham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LindseyGraham</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a>, plan to introduce a bill that would set an expiration date of Jan 1, 2027, for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>, acc/to a congressional aide familiar…. The senators have wide support from their respective parties: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JoshHawley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoshHawley</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarshaBlackburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarshaBlackburn</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SheldonWhitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SheldonWhitehouse</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyKlobuchar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmyKlobuchar</a> have agreed to co-sponsor the bill. 2 more Dems, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichardBlumenthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RichardBlumenthal</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterWelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterWelch</a>, have discussed cosponsoring.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a>

NonilexExclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> May Finally Get Changed as Lawmakers Prep New BillBy Paris MartineauAs early as next week, Senators plan to introduce the first bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230, the landmark <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>Martineau spoke w/congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/exclusive-section-230-may-finally-get-changed-lawmakers-prep-new-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theinformation.com/articles/exclusive-section-230-may-finally-get-changed-lawmakers-prep-new-bill</a>

Bridge&Tunnel JeffDemocratic leadership have never forgiven progressives successfully primarying their own; since online organizing allowed people like AOC to beat a Democrat (Joe Crowley) viewed to be Pelosi's successor, Dem leadership want to kill section 230 to consolidate their power within the party. They don't care about all the other impacts the repeal would cause, it's all about power and denying it to anyone else in the party.The party in its current form needs to die.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democrats</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a>

Ecologia Digital"In their zeal to curb <a href="https://mato.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>, <a href="https://mato.social/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulators</a> are crafting legislative reforms that make distinctions between Internet services based on <a href="https://mato.social/tags/size" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#size</a>. A crucial Internet law, <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>, is among the targets for such reforms. This essay discusses the nuanced considerations that regulators should address when drafting <a href="https://mato.social/tags/sizebased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sizebased</a> distinctions for <a href="https://mato.social/tags/InternetServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetServices</a>. It also raises concerns that such distinctions are not good policy in the context of Section 230."<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3863015" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3863015</a>

Toni AittoniemiTo American <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a>; this is urgent: DO NOT REPEL SECTION 230!!!<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> is literally the thing that enables random people to setup <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> instances on a shoestring budget.It protects small tech. Big Tech can afford the lawyers to defend itself in court. Your friendly admin furry cannot.Would it be repelled, taking out your instance would be easy: Hire some goon to post hate speech & child porn there, and hire a team of lawyers to sue them into oblivion.<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

FreezenetUS Democrats Pushing to Take a Sledgehammer to Internet Protection Law, Section 230While the Republican's are taking a chainsaw to the United States, Democrats are proposing to take a sledgehammer to internet protecting law, Section 230.<a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/us-democrats-pushing-to-take-a-sledgehammer-to-internet-protection-law-section-230/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freezenet.ca/us-democrats-pushing-to-take-a-sledgehammer-to-internet-protection-law-section-230/</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>

TechdirtJohn Oliver’s Content Moderation Episode Isn’t Just Funny — It’s Absolutely Accurate <a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/24/john-olivers-content-moderation-episode-isnt-just-funny-its-absolutely-accurate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/24/john-olivers-content-moderation-episode-isnt-just-funny-its-absolutely-accurate/</a>

Christopher HudsonWhile Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Section230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>? <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mmasnick.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/while-democracy-burns-democrats-prioritize-demolishing-section-230/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...</a>

Glyn MoodyWhile Democracy Burns, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> Prioritize… Demolishing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>? - <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/while-democracy-burns-democrats-prioritize-demolishing-section-230/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/while-democracy-burns-democrats-prioritize-demolishing-section-230/</a> "The dumbest part: removing Section 230 would actually entrench Big Tech’s power, not diminish it."

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