Section 230 is the reason why media was able to be consolidated into a few large corporations while eliminating higher-quality news organizations.
Section 230 allows anyone to be a journalist without facing consequences for false or incorrect information. This means a post on Facebook or YouTube or their own website has equal weight as a traditional news report that relies on higher standards, like verification through multiple sources.
So a company like Facebook can host any false or unverified article posted by some random weirdo, since Facebook can't be sued for hosting that info, and the controversy draws eyeballs and draws attention away from more traditional news content. So now the attention shifts to low-quality social media and away from traditional media.
Note that traditional media still had their own problems propagated through their ownership. We never really had high-quality independent media in the US, although the current indie-media landscape might have opportunities for growth the way they wouldn't have if traditional media still existed.
Without Section 230, if every place that hosts words is liable. No one is going to host user content.
I don't think anything you are saying is remotely correct. It's all a very specific weird narrow theory, picking very specific people you want to hurt & affect. But what you are asking for has such a broader zone of suffering & pain than Facebook.
Truly one of the greatest magnets for weird ass conspiracy theory horseshit. Fucking so awful, because it's that one tiny polar holding up the entire internet.
Section 230 is the reason why media was able to be consolidated into a few large corporations while eliminating higher-quality news organizations.
Section 230 allows anyone to be a journalist without facing consequences for false or incorrect information. This means a post on Facebook or YouTube or their own website has equal weight as a traditional news report that relies on higher standards, like verification through multiple sources.
So a company like Facebook can host any false or unverified article posted by some random weirdo, since Facebook can't be sued for hosting that info, and the controversy draws eyeballs and draws attention away from more traditional news content. So now the attention shifts to low-quality social media and away from traditional media.
Note that traditional media still had their own problems propagated through their ownership. We never really had high-quality independent media in the US, although the current indie-media landscape might have opportunities for growth the way they wouldn't have if traditional media still existed.
Section 230 is the only reason you can post here.
Without Section 230, if every place that hosts words is liable. No one is going to host user content.
I don't think anything you are saying is remotely correct. It's all a very specific weird narrow theory, picking very specific people you want to hurt & affect. But what you are asking for has such a broader zone of suffering & pain than Facebook.
Truly one of the greatest magnets for weird ass conspiracy theory horseshit. Fucking so awful, because it's that one tiny polar holding up the entire internet.