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American Conservative said:What Hughes does not discuss, and what too often goes unremarked on in discussions of Big Tech's power, is how a special government privilege, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, allowed for this growth. This provision protects internet platforms like Facebook and Google from liability for statements and content its users generate.
This legal protection—not accorded to newspapers or other fora—created the internet as we know it. Protection from liability for any false or injurious content their users post has permitted the social media giants to allow the incredibly freewheeling discussions and commentary that we have come to expect from the internet. Exemplary is Facebook's response to the recently circulated doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In a statement to The Washington Post, Facebook said: "We don't have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true." In addition, this legal protection has also helped create the lucrative tech behemoths and further their dominance in attracting advertisers. This dominance has gutted the advertising revenue streams of local, regional, and even national media outlets—outlets that do not enjoy the privileges of Section 230.
But what is particularly bizarre, ironic, and deeply destructive to public discourse is that, though Congress passed Section 230 to promote a free and open internet, Facebook, Twitter, and Google now use it to advocate for an open internet while at the same time justifying their censorship regimes.
I have never been forced to use YouTube, or Twitter or Facebook.
I'm not sure but I don't think there's a law that says I have to use them.
Hmmm.
In 10 years those sites will consist of snowflakes posting selfies back and forth.
We had a neighbor poke fun at us because we don't use YouTube, Facebook etc..
She asked what was wrong with us.
I told her my wife and I have common sense and can think for ourselves.
She doesn't talk to us any longer.
If I'd only known it was that easy................
I have never been forced to use YouTube, or Twitter or Facebook.
I'm not sure but I don't think there's a law that says I have to use them.
Hmmm.
In 10 years those sites will consist of snowflakes posting selfies back and forth.
We had a neighbor poke fun at us because we don't use YouTube, Facebook etc..
She asked what was wrong with us.
I told her my wife and I have common sense and can think for ourselves.
She doesn't talk to us any longer.
If I'd only known it was that easy................
I thought our new masters were at amazon!Google, our masters in the New World Order...
In a corporatist system of government, wherein there is no meaningful separation between corporate power and state power, corporate censorship is state censorship.
A buddy of mine from high school put me in touch with a girl from school I was pretty good friends (nothing romantic) with last year. We texted a few times and then she asked me if I was on bookface. I said nope and I don't plan to. She got all upset about that. I asked what was wrong with texts and email or phone calls? Never heard back from her. It's been a year since that happened and around 30 years since high school. Well, have a nice life.I have never been forced to use YouTube, or Twitter or Facebook.
I'm not sure but I don't think there's a law that says I have to use them.
Hmmm.
In 10 years those sites will consist of snowflakes posting selfies back and forth.
We had a neighbor poke fun at us because we don't use YouTube, Facebook etc..
She asked what was wrong with us.
I told her my wife and I have common sense and can think for ourselves.
She doesn't talk to us any longer.
If I'd only known it was that easy................