Tag: Section 230
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Disinformation and the Internet
Section 230 permits moderation Internet statistics are amazing, even when 7 years old. 700,000 hours of YouTube videos watched in 60 seconds. It sounds like a time warp, but all it takes is 42 million users online. There are over 5 billion internet users in the world today. How much of this is disinformation? Disinformation…
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Elon Blocks Blocking
And other free speech offenses Elon Musk has said that he will delete account blocking on X: The X Help Center says Block helps people in restricting specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their Tweets, and following them. . . Blocked accounts do not receive a notification alerting them that their account has been blocked.…
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Free Speech on Social Media
Background The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to hear two cases on Florida and Texas laws preventing removal of social media posts. They were passed in response to conservative complaints that censorship by internet platforms violated the First Amendment freedom of speech. The laws’ supporters said the measures were needed to address “Silicon…