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WahooMatt05

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There’s a section of law designed to protect internet companies


The right doesn’t understand that these companies are all platforms, and are therefore protected from liability of what other people post.

So because the right doesn’t understand the law, they are all in a huff about 230 censorship, not understanding that 230 was written to protect these companies from lawsuits. Trump’s executive order is based on being an idiot and not understanding the law. He wants to use a law designed to protect these companies and try to use it against them. It makes no sense. Yet the right is all in.

(In response to this post by HptHokie)

Link: https://reason.com/2020/05/28/47-u-s-c-§-230-and-the-publisher-distributor-plat


Posted: 05/28/2020 at 1:09PM



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