This is about as disingenuous as it gets. Parler doesn't need to pretend it doesn't need 230 protections.. blah blah blah, this is called gaslighting folks.. the author knows that nobody is talking about "Getting rid of section 230.. what is being discussed is taking 230 protections away from platforms that are pretending they are simply neutral platforms. It's not about moderation at all, but it's about partisan censorship. Twitter, FB, IG etc, can be as biased as they like. they are private firms.. their employees, being mainly from large metro areas are naturally going to skew left. and nobody has a right to expect anything else from them.. they have a right of free association.
The Tech overlords want to have their cake and eat it too, they want 230 protections from liability, claiming to be neutral platforms who cannot be held accountable for content, yet they moderate (censor)content almost exclusively from the point of view they are diametrically apposed to. in essence, they are acting as PUBLISHERS in fact and in deed.. so they should not have protections under 230..
If Parler decides to do the same, then they should also not enjoy protections from liability for content on their servers.
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This is about as disingenuous as it gets. Parler doesn't need to pretend it doesn't need 230 protections.. blah blah blah, this is called gaslighting folks.. the author knows that nobody is talking about "Getting rid of section 230.. what is being discussed is taking 230 protections away from platforms that are pretending they are simply neutral platforms. It's not about moderation at all, but it's about partisan censorship. Twitter, FB, IG etc, can be as biased as they like. they are private firms.. their employees, being mainly from large metro areas are naturally going to skew left. and nobody has a right to expect anything else from them.. they have a right of free association.
The Tech overlords want to have their cake and eat it too, they want 230 protections from liability, claiming to be neutral platforms who cannot be held accountable for content, yet they moderate (censor)content almost exclusively from the point of view they are diametrically apposed to. in essence, they are acting as PUBLISHERS in fact and in deed.. so they should not have protections under 230..
If Parler decides to do the same, then they should also not enjoy protections from liability for content on their servers.
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