> Without 230, Facebook would become liable for defamation lawsuits unless it basically censored everything but the most bland content.
> making Facebook liable for defamation as a publisher will just kill the platform entirely and that's not what these users actually want.
What the law should be changed to say is something like "if you censor any legal content based on its message, you become liable for everything". The point is that since being liable for everything would kill them, they'd stop censoring instead.
> making Facebook liable for defamation as a publisher will just kill the platform entirely and that's not what these users actually want.
What the law should be changed to say is something like "if you censor any legal content based on its message, you become liable for everything". The point is that since being liable for everything would kill them, they'd stop censoring instead.