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Greene offers bill to abolish Section 230
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday is introducing a bill to abolish Section 230 — the law the protects online platforms from liability — on the heels of Twitter accepting Elon Musk's offer to buy the company and take it private.
Greene's bill would eliminate the law making online platforms not liable for content posted by third parties and replace it with a provision to require "reasonable, non-discriminatory access to online communications platforms" through a "common carrier" framework that Greene compared to airlines or package delivery services.
Republicans have long claimed that social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias, pointing to tweets that have been taken down and the removal of entire feeds from networks.
[....] Titled the 21st Century FREE Speech Act, Greene's measure will serve as the House version of a Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).
To combat the alleged bias against conservatives, it would prevent online communications platforms from exerting "undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, class of persons, political or religious group or affiliation, or locality" and would provide consumers a mechanism to sue for violations.
Should any platform be liable for someone else's speech? Even if they engage in moderation?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Friday April 29 2022, @05:31PM (5 children)
Just imagine Greene's surprised Pikachu face when social platforms are forced to ban her accounts immediately to avoid the inevitable liability of hosting someone who believes secret new world order Jews have a space based laser.
The lady is a certifiable crackpot and the GOP's willingness to continue supporting her political aspirations speaks volumes.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2022, @06:36PM (4 children)
The lack of rational, effective opposition speaks much louder. The DNC has to oppose, not "compromise"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DannyB on Friday April 29 2022, @09:44PM (3 children)
Here is a clue for the clue challenged. For free! Today only special!
The lack of rational, effective opposition is because of THE VOTERS IN THAT DISTRICT. Not because of the DNC.
If the voters in that district would vote for a DNC candidate, any DNC candidate, then they would be there.
This is because of how people have been hoodwinked by crazy loony misinformation spread in a fair and balanced manner across the GOP.
While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2022, @11:24PM (2 children)
the DNC spreading disinformation in promotion of candidates that conform to the narrative, exactly like the GOP does. Makes sense, being a single party with two names that are led by the same money
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2022, @06:00AM (1 child)
No, it really is because of this, and any competent person can see it. Loonies, and not just Canadian ones. But, the Loons are coming home to roost, and the Republican party is going to cease to exist after the mid-terms. Take my word for it, because my word is true.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2022, @02:33PM
I want to believe
But it's the economy stupid, and the stupids with their dunning kruger capitalism. They all think they're capitalist geniuses, if only we had less goobermint they'd be rich, but they haven't the first fucking clue how to get capitalism to work for them. Dunning kruger capitalism makes them think it must be the jooooooooooooooooos and mexicans and mooooooooooooooslems keeping them down when it's just their own fucking stupid dumb stupid.
The fed should have raised interest rates during Trump. They always crash the economy during a D presidency. The economy needs to crash periodically, and the fed is a way to manage that, but you can't put it off forever. Modern monetary voodoo cannot overcome the boom-bust cycle.
Oh well. At least it is crashing before inflation goes crazy. Should be a good time to buy in a couple years.