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Eric GoldmanBlog Post: TikTok Defeats Lawsuit Over User’s Suicide–Nasca v. Bytedance <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a><a href="https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/04/tiktok-defeats-lawsuit-over-users-suicide-nasca-v-bytedance.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/04/tiktok-defeats-lawsuit-over-users-suicide-nasca-v-bytedance.htm</a>

Toni Aittoniemi<a href="https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ErikUden</a> Interestingly enough, this completely disproves the commonly heard argument: ”Without <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> would disappear!”European countries have quite varied legislation about corporate liability when hosting content. But the blanket-type nonliability of the US is not the norm here.Yet, Fedi thrives! 😃

Jason YipWhat would happen if <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> went away? A legal expert explains the consequences of repealing ‘the law that built the internet’ <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-would-happen-if-section-230-went-away-a-legal-expert-explains-the-consequences-of-repealing-the-law-that-built-the-internet-253326" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/what-would-happen-if-section-230-went-away-a-legal-expert-explains-the-consequences-of-repealing-the-law-that-built-the-internet-253326</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users - Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled - many of Section 230’s detractors claim that this critical law only protects big tech. The reality is that Section 230 provides limited protection for all platforms, though the biggest beneficiaries are small platforms and users. Why else would some of the biggest platforms be willing to endorse a bill that guts the law? In fact, repealing Section 230 would only cement the status of Big Tech monopolies.As EFF has said for years, Section 230 is essential to protecting individuals’ ability to speak, organize, and create online. Congress knew exactly what Section 230 would do – that it would lay the groundwork for speech of all kinds across the internet, on websites both small and large. And that’s exactly what has happened. Section 230 isn’t in conflict with American values. It upholds them in the digital world. People are able to find and create their own communities, and moderate them as they see fit. People and companies are responsible for their own speech, but (with narrow exceptions) not the speech of others."<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CommunicationsDecencyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunicationsDecencyAct</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContentModeration</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>

Strypey(1/?)<a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@norightturnnz</a> > Will Labour take on the oligarchs?I very much hope so, but David Parker is dead wrong when he says;"... we in the west have made a fundamental error in providing what is in effect an exclusion of liability for third party content."I suggest reading some of the pieces Mike Masnick has published in defence of <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>, the US equivalent of the limited liability for third-party content that Parker proposes to abolish;<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/tag/section-230/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/tag/section-230/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechRegulation</a>

william.maggos<a href="https://liberal.city/tags/OtherwiseObjectionable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtherwiseObjectionable</a> is all good but this episode is essential.Before <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a>, an online space could choose not to moderate and then remain free of responsibility for anything, or try to moderate and become responsible for all the shit they couldn't keep up with. That would create an internet only trolls would want to use (jerk fedi?) or where mega corps ruled.The law found a middle-ground by making posters not hosts responsible while encouraging moderation.<a href="https://pca.st/f8w1vucq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pca.st/f8w1vucq</a>

DagI've often criticized <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> that shields online providers from liability of content published on their platforms. Removing Section 230 in the current political climate could be even worse. Section 230 makes it hard for any government or person to contest hate speech on any online platform, but I wonder what will happen without this <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/25/how-democrats-attack-on-section-230-plays-right-into-trumps-censorial-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/25/how-democrats-attack-on-section-230-plays-right-into-trumps-censorial-plans/</a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SoMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoMe</a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>

TechdirtHow Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans <a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/25/how-democrats-attack-on-section-230-plays-right-into-trumps-censorial-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/25/how-democrats-attack-on-section-230-plays-right-into-trumps-censorial-plans/</a>

TWiT Podcasts🌯 From Section 230 debates to TikTok's uncertain future, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leo</a> Laporte, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@harrymccracken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@harrymccracken</a> @PadreSJ & <a href="https://mastodon.social/@NotPatrick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NotPatrick</a> cover the headlines. Plus, Intel's new CEO gears up for Vision 2025. Tune in to TWiT 1024 for your weekly tech fix! 📰 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> 📲 Download and subscribe here: <a href="https://buff.ly/NIMFyNF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/NIMFyNF</a>

James House-Lantto (He/Him)<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech</a>This article by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EFF</a> argues against the misconception that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act only protects big tech companies. Instead, it maintains that Section 230 benefits all platforms, including small ones and individual users, by protecting them from being held liable for content created by others. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilLiberties</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeechOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeechOnline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a>

Alec MuffettNice little video explainer from @etymologynerd re: latest attacks on Section 230 & whether you want your internet experience to look like A) DisneyWorld or B) 4Chan <a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/112951" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alecmuffett.com/article/112951</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EFF</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElectronicFrontierFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectronicFrontierFoundation</a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/section-230-trial-heres-what-you-need-know" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/section-230-trial-heres-what-you-need-know</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech</a> 230 Protects Users, Not <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IndiaMcKinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndiaMcKinney</a> 24 march 2025 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FascistUSA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnitedStatesOfBATSHIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfBATSHIT</a>

AI6YR BenHmm, not a lawyer, but if Section 230 goes, someone not in the US is going to have to host my users. <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

william.maggosAFAICT <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> defaults the internet to small, independent websites letting people post dumb shit. And that's great cause sometimes that stuff isn't actually dumb, it was just unlikely to be thought of or said, especially by the wealthy/powerful. It was low-key genius.Without it, everybody would need to be a lot more careful. Kinda like what we see with overly cautious moderation here on this social network of small, independent websites. IMHO<a href="https://liberal.city/tags/fediblockmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediblockmeta</a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/LiberalValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiberalValues</a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWeb</a>

eicker.news ᳇ tech news»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/DemocraticSenators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticSenators</a> Team Up With <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> To Hand <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> A <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/CensorshipMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensorshipMachine</a>: <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> — the law that both enables <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contentmoderation</a> and protects websites from being sued for <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/userspeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#userspeech</a>.« <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/?eicker.news</a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a>

FreezenetMAGA Lawmakers Hatch Plan to Murder Online Speech – And Democrats Are HelpingSection 230 is once again facing the chopping block and it is gaining support not just from MAGA Republican's, but also Democrats.<a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/maga-lawmakers-hatch-plan-to-murder-online-speech-and-democrats-are-helping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freezenet.ca/maga-lawmakers-hatch-plan-to-murder-online-speech-and-democrats-are-helping/</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speech</a>

janggolanRe <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> : : "The dumbest part of this is that while these Senators will likely claim they are doing this to punish 'big tech,' this would actually strengthen Meta and Google’s dominance. While smaller sites shut down rather than risk bankruptcy from legal fees, Meta or Google can easily absorb those same costs. It’s as if these Senators looked at the internet’s consolidation problem and decided the solution was… more consolidation."

hardindr<a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@petersuber</a> dump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section230</a> <a href="https://cepr.net/publications/section-230-can-we-talk-about-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cepr.net/publications/section-230-can-we-talk-about-it/</a> <a href="https://econtwitter.net/@DeanBaker13" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DeanBaker13</a>

Peter Suber"Here’s what repealing <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Section230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> would actually do: remove the law that explicitly protects websites when they resist government pressure to censor speech." <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USLaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPolitics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lkwc273ntm2z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lkwc273ntm2z</a> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Democratic Senators Team Up Wi...</a>

petersuberFrom <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mmasnick</a>: "Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> A <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> Machine" <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/</a> "The fundamental problem here is that these Senators don’t understand what <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Section230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Section230</a> actually does — or how its repeal would make their stated goals harder to achieve… Here’s what repealing Section 230 would actually do: remove the law that explicitly protects websites when they resist government pressure to censor speech. Without those protections, the Trump administration would have far more leverage to force platforms to remove content they don’t like — whether that’s criticism of Trump, exposure of corruption, or information about voting rights. It can also allow them to pressure websites to host pro-MAGA or pro-Nazi content that sites might not wish to associate with."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

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