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Note that I am not for Section 230's removal (mostly because it makes sense to me that platforms should be able to host negative content). However, if it were removed, would that mean bogus reviews become a liability for Amazon?

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I would argue that reviews aren't content. a review is implicitly understood as an opinion of someone without ties to the company and of someone who actually owns or have 'reviewed' the product. In the case of amazon I think ownership of a product should be mandatory to leave a review.

While this can help the seller can so radically change the listing that it doesn't always stop review hijacking. As I understand it they sell something simple and cheap then repurpose the listing for something else entirely.

Strange that something like this is possible, I've always believed that the likes of amazon/ebay had better fraud detection. changing listings seems like an obvious door to fraudulent behaviour. Being able to track packets around the world nowadays should also help detect fake customers for the sake of reviews. (Since the quantity of legit adresses is better known than the quantity of shady adresses.

Does Section 230 remove Amazon's liability for misrepresentation, in the way it promotes is reviews as being tied to a particular product?

I'm doubtful about this.

Now you know why Section 230 has to go. Comcast, TWC & so on is just a series of pipes, but Facebook & co has editorial control or at least should have.

Editorial control over every single post on the site? That's impossible.

Without 230, social media sites like Facebook would cease to exist.

Facebook already has armies of moderators for child porn and gore, which shows that they have control over what's on their site. The bigger question is of course: are we safe with Facebook?

At least on Amazon they already have editorial control of every review, in that there is a approval process for them to be posted.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200531/23325444617/hello...

I guess HN will have to go as well, all the misleading articles and posts on here.

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