For years, giant social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have operated under two crucial tenets:
The first is that the platforms have the power to decide what content to keep online and what to take down. The second is that the websites cannot be held legally responsible for most of what their users post online.
Now the Supreme Court is poised to reconsider those rules https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/technology/supreme-court-online-free-speech-social-media.html
#media #policy #firstamendment
@michellemanafy "Giant social media companies" aren't the only ones who benefit from these common sense rules. Everyone does, from the big guys to website upstarts to even users like you and me.
It's important to understand the full context so we can critically examine the terrible knock-on effects of striking down #Section230.
