Comment by pocksuppet
15 days ago
> Given current events in the USA
Don't worry - they're repealing section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The one that says platforms aren't liable for what their users post.
This means there will be no platforms at all very soon.
What is the purpose of repealing this act? Make platforms liable and thus enact more restrictions, is that right?
Makes selective political retribution easier.
As you suggest, it's clearly to curtail free speech further; but in a way that their supporters can claim isn't fascist because 'it's the companies doing it not the government'.
We do really need non-USA based social media, stat.
Companies already have the right to curtail space as much as they want. The government wants to force companies to ban left-wing speech.
>Don't worry
I'm not worried. We'll use Zulip which has values and thus takes responsibility for everything its users post, right?