And you'll be able to tell those criticisms to people in person or on a site you host entirely yourself that no one can find instead of on any social media site you want if a repeal of section 230 goes into effect.

I had forgotten about the preemption of state laws part of it until now. That would be such a mess to no longer have any consistency even within the one country, especially when you start getting into conflicting laws.

I hadn't thought about that aspect of it. It'll be like the Australian news site comment liability thing, but for the US.

Also to consider: if they're potentially covered by 1st amendment and might not be able to block things anyways.

I can't see a way where they don't just shut off all comments.

I just really don't want the powerful to be exempt from the effects of their bad decisions and am angry and was venting, sorry.

I was mainly thinking along the lines of "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." but for defamation with a goal of deplatforming those responsible for wrecking the internet.

Probably not much honestly, but I don't feel too charitable towards those trying to break 230, especially if they succeed in repealing it.

If the repeal section 230 bill passes, the senators and reps who voted for it should not be on any social media or services they don't host themselves.

I'm talking finding legitimate defamation plaintiffs to go after the sites with a settlement offer of removing the accounts of the idiotic senators and reps in lieu of monetary damages against the platforms.

Has anyone done any napkin math for crowdfunding Thiel-style lawsuits against the social media companies that the senators/reps who vote for a repeal use if it passes?

Don't forget possibly making the consumer pay for the privilege of the government mandated filter:
"(D) An internet service provider may charge a fee to provide the filtering required by this section."

Just a general, vague 'the nerds will figure it out':

"An internet service provider must use reasonable commercially available means to filter adult content to prevent its communication, publication, or distribution to a consumer."

So probably both?

and:
www.techdirt.com/2024/08/08/t...

He's been covering it for years, so you definitely did miss it.

E.g.:
www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/a...