The point of 230 is that the platforms are “just” a public square and can’t be held liable for the editorial choices of their users. putting their thumbs on the scale seems worthy of oversight in a way that grilling Chris Hayes is not.

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Damn that is really stupid. If they want the protection of 230 they better not be performing as a publisher. Or better yet, let’s recognize they are publishers and hammer them with lawsuits.

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If Meta properties were journalistic entities making editorial decisions about what is published, then they would be liable for the content published there. They are not. That's the whole point of Section 230. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

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Media platforms can be sued for the libel they print. Social media companies argued they shouldn’t be limited by those decisions and got 230, which you constantly say is necessary for an open internet. So which is it

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What a contrast with the ideology of Trump and Vance (ably discussed by @jamellebouie.net: youtu.be/m_1htfesI64?...), to insist all non-white Americans must be 'grateful,' as if America isn't AES's native home - he was born in Michigan! El-Sayed is the true American. Trump and Vance are the fakes.

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