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Big Media believes in the maxim: “If you can’t beat ‘em – censor ‘em.” Behold CNN’s fan of fried dough and host of “Reliable Sources” Brian Stelter: “A CNN panel discussed how to pressure cable providers to remove conservative competitor channels like Newsmax and One America News from their platforms. “‘Reliable Sources’ host Brian Stelter asked his guest panel Sunday how the American people could be prevented from watching Newsmax and OAN as their ratings soar. “‘...

Much of this country is still sitting back in an attempt to absorb the ramifications from the unprecedented actions of a social media outlet, Parler, being obliterated from the internet.

Not fixing the problem

Why was the law passed? How has the industry reacted to the opposition? The story so far: In the U.S., Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) regulates online publication and liability. Specifically, the 1996 law states: “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.” Author and cybersecurity lawyer Jeff Kosseff describes the law as ‘the 26 words that cr...

Fact-checking the president — at its core — isn't a free speech issue: It's a free press issue.

again dept Mon, Jan 10th 2011 10:07pm — Mike Masnick This is a few weeks old, but Michael Scott points us to the story of how Backpages is asking a court to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by a teen who was sold as a prostitute on the site. We covered the lawsuit when it was first filed, and had a rather frustrating discussion in the comments with people who simply couldnt understand the difference between blaming those actually responsible and blaming the tools those people used. Weve ...

Editorial: Purge of Trump, Parler show Big Tech firms have too much power FacebookTwitterEmail FILE -- Supporters of President Donald Trump attend a rally near the White House in Washington, Nov. 14, 2020. Amazon, Apple and Google have cut off Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter and Facebook. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)KENNY HOLSTON, STR / NYT There’s no question that disinformation — outright lies or the misrepresentation of fac...

Have we moved beyond the ability of Section 230 reforms to rein in Big Techs rising power?

Fri, Jan 15th 2021 12:11pm — Mike Masnick Its not just Ajit Pai who is an FCC chair who misunderstands Section 230. His predecessor, Tom Wheeler continues to get it totally wrong as well. A year ago, we highlighted Wheelers complete confusion over Section 230, that blamed Section 230 for all sorts of things... that had nothing at all to do with Section 230. I was told by some people that they had talked to Wheeler and explained to him some of the mistakes in his original piece, but it appears...

Why was the law passed? How has the industry reacted to the opposition?