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[–] 31 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

OK. Very hot take.

…Computers can produce awful things. That’s not new. They’re tools that can manufacture unspeakable stuff in private.

That’s fine.

It’s not going to change.

And if some asshole uses it that way to damage others, you throw them in jail forever. That’s worked well enough for all sorts of tech.


The problem is making the barrier to do it basically zero, automatically posting it to fucking Twitter, and just collectively shrugging because… what? Social media is fair discourse? That’s bullshit.

The problem is Twitter more than Grok. The problem is their stupid liability shield.

Strip Section 230, and Musk’s lawyers would fix this problem faster than you can blink.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago

    Without 230 its pretty clear that the web would die a messy death where people like Elon would be the only ones who could afford to offend anyone due to anyone with a few hundred or a few thousand being able to make you spend 30 or 40k defending themselves.

    Got any other stupid ideas?

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    Strip section 230 and the internet will be over. No small site will be able to survive, say goodbye to Lemmy too.

    I'd be okay with an expansion of 230 to the point where there are exceptions for large companies that can do the required work

    Point is: do not fuck with 230, please.

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