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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday July 30 2020, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the change-is-in-the-wind dept.

Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says apps and websites aren't legally liable for third-party content, has inspired a lot of overheated rhetoric in Congress. Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have successfully framed the rule as a "gift to Big Tech" that enables social media censorship. While Democrats have very different critiques, some have embraced a similar fire-and-brimstone tone with the bipartisan EARN IT Act. But a Senate subcommittee tried to reset that narrative today with a hearing for the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, a similarly bipartisan attempt at a more nuanced Section 230 amendment. While the hearing didn't address all of the PACT Act's very real flaws, it presented the bill as an option for Section 230 defenders who still want a say in potential reforms.

[...] Still, Section 230 has been at the forefront of US politics for years, and some kind of change looks increasingly likely. If that's true, then particularly after today's hearing, a revised version of the PACT Act looks like the clearest existing option to preserve important parts of the law without dismissing calls for reform. And hashing out those specifics may prove more important than focusing on the policy's most hyperbolic critics.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @06:23PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @06:23PM (#1028822)

    If you don't like what the site or service you're using is doing, quit using it.

    "A good site you have here. Shame if something bad were to happen to it."
    If you-know-who don't like what the site or service you're using is doing, they harass the workers, the owners, the hosters, the providers, the payment processors, till it quits being usable to you. Using the mafia's workbook to great effect.
    That sort of action need be handled as the criminal conspiracy it is. Otherwise, your arriving in a "reeducation camp" is only a matter of time.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Booga1 on Thursday July 30 2020, @06:33PM (3 children)

    by Booga1 (6333) on Thursday July 30 2020, @06:33PM (#1028826)

    Your comment is about the explosive growth of "cancel culture" assholes that can't just control their own behavior, they have to control everyone else's. For them, it is not enough to avoid a service, product, or person. They harass and bully everyone they even perceive as remotely connected to whatever their latest target of hate is.

    People have lost sight of the peace that comes from minding your own business and now they won't let anyone else live in peace either. They're not even happy if you're neutral on a subject. If you're not just as pissed about something as they are, well they'll try to "cancel" you too. It's toxic and they hide their cancerous attitude by claiming it's the other side that's toxic. It's a great example of projection run amok.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:10PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:10PM (#1028875)

      In the past, most countries did not call their bandits a "culture" and let them go their merry way. Russia did, and ended up ruled by them. Let that be a lesson to be learned, not an example to be followed.

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:19PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:19PM (#1028884)

        Not sure if you've noticed, but that ship sailed in the US long before Trump got elected. Pork barrel projects, bill riders and earmarks, bailouts for the "too big to fail" companies, and so on. Kinda getting off topic though.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:26PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @08:26PM (#1028887)

          I wish you to never learn firsthand the difference between tame corruptioners and actual genuine bandits.