So, now, basic content moderation is being called "election meddling." And, surprise surprise, these guys still don't understand the first thing about CDA 230. Without CDA 230, this jackass wouldn't be allowed on Twitter in the first place. pic.twitter.com/ceTyKKUeIs
Nobody ever listens to me when I warn them, but goddamn it, I'm going to write this down here so I can come back later and say I told you so. It's cold comfort, but it's all I ever get.
Second bump for stage two of the attack on CDA 230: Deepfakes.
Next: Facebook will halfheartedly ask Congress not to throw them in the briar patch.
I cannot emphasize this enough: This is the road to complete corporate control of the internet.
FAIR WARNING: $500 billion is the limit. That's the maximum amount you're allowed to steal from the public before we finally get fed up with you and decide to look into this situation. Yep. Half a trillion or so, and then we get serious, probably.
Here is the text of the bill, and EFF's analysis, which is the only source I've found so far that even mentions the fact that CDA 230 does NOT protect providers from charges for federal crimes, so the bill would have no effect at all on the problem they are claiming it addresses. Zero. Therefore, that's not what it's intended for.
This is 2020, not 1992. The internet is not some vast undiscovered land, and there's no excuse for lawmakers, journalists, or anyone with an opinion not to understand this.
So, the usual bullshit. However, there's an interesting twist:
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Four senators—Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) missed the vote. The amendment would have passed if any of them had voted "yes."
This is so far into 'not even wrong' territory that I wouldn't know where to start. He's either lying intentionally or he literally doesn't understand anything at all about CDA 230 or publishing. His interpretation of CDA 230 is almost the opposite of what he seems to think. The relevant section is a couple hundred words or so and probably middle school reading level at most.
Seriously, I'd be embarrassed to say something this stupid in public, especially over and over again as this guy does.
The French law gives sites discretion to decide how to perform age verification. Requiring users to enter a credit card number seems to be one of the most popular options.
That sounds like a great idea! I'm sure entering credit card details on porn sites is a brilliant idea.
Nationalize Twitter, maybe -- Facebook needs to be killed with fire, and the ashes scattered to the four winds.
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Oh, definitely. My underlying assumption with Trump, though, is that most of the time, he's just parroting things someone else told him. I guarantee he wouldn't be able to explain what it is or what it does.
Ultimately, repealing CDA 230 would probably be beneficial to Facebook, as they're one of the few companies that has the resources to implement something that'd cover their asses well enough for a legal defense. Eliminating CDA 230 would just eliminate future competition.
Someone else told him that that was the source of his problems.
Will they (gestures broadly and everyone) be able to repair net neutrality? (Article basically says they can begin, but there's a lot of damage.)
Was it actually a good thing he stayed in the post until now so Dump(ed) couldn't appoint his replacement?
IF, like many people, you don't understand what Section 230 does or how it applies, and IF you just accept the explanations they give you, this might sound like a pretty good idea. They say it would not be used to stifle small sites, and they say it would be used to combat violent, extremist content and not things like whistleblowing and criticism of large corporations and such, but that's just not even a little bit true.
People need to just stop lying about and messing with Section 230. Hell, we should really just roll it back to its original form and find other, actually effective ways to combat the problems they keep blaming on 230.
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They said they cared about us! 
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