Section 230 reform is necessary because platforms are using the law to avoid being held liable as publishers while simultaneously exercising editorial control to suppress political speech.
“the left says no no no we are going to give them the benefits of being a being a platform while allowing them to be a publisher”
StevenCrowder · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 163K views on this topicLegislative protections for online platforms should be re-evaluated because they effectively act as both publishers and distributors through the use of algorithmic distribution.
“there are more and more and more examples that are telling i think all of us what we kind of already knew which is that this fig leaf that the online internet companies have used to shield themselves from any responsibility those days are probably numbered”
The All-In Podcast · Oct 2020 · 1 episode · 33K views on this topic
Repealing Section 230 would create corporate risk aversion that leads to widespread, harmful content removal, making the current situation infinitely worse.
“if you repeal section 230 you're going to make the situation infinitely worse because section 2 what is the response of these companies going to be corporate risk aversion is going to cause them to want to hire hundreds of low-level employees basically millennials to sit there making judgments about”
The All-In Podcast · Oct 2020 · 1 episode · 33K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.