Posted on 06/24/2020 10:16:26 PM PDT by Coronal
Edited on 06/25/2020 12:37:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A judge has ruled that Rep. Devin Nunes has no right to sue Twitter over statements made by a fake Internet cow, someone parodying his mother and a Republican strategist. Judge John Marshall said in a decision Friday that Twitter was
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Section 230 for the tech giants has to go.
AG Barr described in excellent fashion the background of Section 230 of the CDA, how it became a bait-and-switch vehicle for luring in members only to condone harm done as political harassment once control of the discussion arena wasestablished.
Hopefully, Rep. Nunes can keep his suit alive long enough to have this ruling appealed when Section 230 becomes repealed which it will.
Twitter is A sewer - there’s no doubt!
Only checking to see are a great and wonderful president’s tweets
Surely one can be guilty not only by a deliberate act but also by a deliberate omission. In other words, they become complicit once it can be shown they are aware of the offending account/posts and choose not to act?
But parody and memes are bannable offenses to twitter..
Section 230 protects, “interactive computer services” from liability. The thought is that Twitter is such a service. I would argue that Twitter, while providing the service, also provides capability that is not within the definition of an interactive computer service. It is this portion that is creating the most issues. I don’t if anyone has attacked it on this basis but it would be interesting.
Does Section 230 protect FR from similar lawsuits?
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