Originally published at: Behind the Misguided Bipartisan Push to Muzzle Free Speech Online - TPM – Talking Points Memo
This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. A key law that protects free speech online is celebrating its 30th birthday under withering fire from critics on both sides of the political aisle. Even in stable times, rolling back protection would be foolhardy and harmful. In a moment when the Executive Branch and federal…
Oh? None of those dread outcomes have yet occurred in Europe which continues to try to hold publishers responsible after the fact for what they publish.
In the US we lost 100s of thousands to unnecessary Covid deaths.
ARS Technica has stated that if 230 is repealed, they will delete their comment section entirely. I wonder what TPM will do?
I don’t think Europe has a centralized police force acting like the gestapo for trump (FBI) or a Attorney General who only serves her President and not the laws of the land.
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Keep moderating. Maybe a bit more strictly.
The ills we are threatened with if the publishers are held responsible are being attempted by Trump Inc. Nir.
Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin, Jimmy Patronis, and Harriet Hageman have a collective age of 267 (average of almost 67, only because Rep Patronis drags them down at only age 53). Whatever you think of current laws that govern big tech companies, the next generation of laws should not be written by people from two generations ago.
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Lots of important background here.
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