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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.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday July 30 2020, @09:07PM (2 children)
Then you're by necessity going to have a lot of users looking at kiddie-porn and worse.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 30 2020, @11:19PM (1 child)
Looking at it isn't the problem. People, despite recent assertions, are not fragile little snowflakes and can deal with insane amounts of unpleasant shit. Enjoying it is where the problem lies.
That's not me arguing in favor of this idiotic bill, just saying you need to refine your argument.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday July 31 2020, @01:52PM
Hell, I'd go so far as to say the problem isn't even the enjoying of it - nobody is hurt by a pedo enjoying child porn, in fact, while they're enjoying porn they're not hurting kids. The damage is in the making of it (assuming real kids are involved).
However, I suspect far fewer people will use social media when every other post is kiddy porn, hate-propaganda, etc. Just look how bad things can get here sometimes, in a relatively dull text-only format.