> “No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts. They have become titans,” Barr said at a public meeting held by the Justice Department to examine the future of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
> “Given this changing technological landscape, valid questions have been raised about whether Section 230’s broad immunity is necessary at least in its current form,” he said.
...all I can think of is “well, here comes the state-sponsored moat.”
If they weaken these protections, the big four will just hire a few more entire buildings of minimum wage content moderators (like most of them already have running) and it’s curtains for small entrants.
It makes me really sad to see the US thinking about shooting its only real growth industry in the foot.
Edit:
> while a few Democratic leaders have said the law allows the services to escape punishment for harboring misinformation and extremist content.
It’s also terrifying to think that parts of our government want to explicitly punish people for hosting legal content that they don’t like to read.