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In reply to the discussion: AOC just made Mark Zuckerberg look like a deer in headlights. [View all]Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)30. doesn't really matter -- see 47 U.S. Code Section 230
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230
This part is especially relevant:
Facebook can (and should) do screening, but can't be considered the publisher of the RW/Russian bot crap. Zuckerberg can ruin it for everybody else by allowing that shit to become a national hazard and emergency.
This part is especially relevant:
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
Facebook can (and should) do screening, but can't be considered the publisher of the RW/Russian bot crap. Zuckerberg can ruin it for everybody else by allowing that shit to become a national hazard and emergency.
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Porter was great, as was Rep. Joyce Beatty. They asked biting questions, and....
George II
Oct 2019
#46
She did a good job, made him squirm as he struggled to not take any responsibility...
brush
Oct 2019
#5
I appreciate the problem. Setting the parameters for such regulation would be difficult.
TomSlick
Oct 2019
#10
So, I'll ask what I asked before. Do you want fact-checkers on your posts here at DU?
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#68
The government has no power to regulate the content of speech on a private website. Period.
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#15
Get past the government will you. It's about industry standards and pride in publishing...
brush
Oct 2019
#21
No, it isn't. You didn't watch the hearing today, did you? Not just the linked excerpt above.
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#22
Yes, it's up to him. He doesn't have to run it. Seems he just doesn't want to be...
brush
Oct 2019
#31
sure they have the power. apply libel laws of publishers to fb. a few winning lawsuits. fixed.
Kurt V.
Oct 2019
#52
No, but the concept is the same. Size has no impact on whether or not the gov't has the power. n/t
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#57
Don't you think size of audience of influence weighs heavily on many decisions in history?
Kurt V.
Oct 2019
#58
the govt does this already. like with LAWS in libel in publishing, which was my original
Kurt V.
Oct 2019
#60
DU is not "fundamentally the same" as FB, which has a billion users. Anarchy doesn't work ...
Hekate
Oct 2019
#32
DU is a public website. We have a TOS. Facebook is a public website, with a TOS.
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#39
DU gets paid per impression- just seeing the ad generates revenue. Yes, clicks more $.
X_Digger
Oct 2019
#50
It amazes me that AOC is smarter than 99% of the men, 100% of the Repubs in DC and now...
JoeOtterbein
Oct 2019
#7
I was picturing him as a deer in the headlights of a vehicle that can't stop in time.
milestogo
Oct 2019
#9