
A Viking Funeral for Sydney the Chatbot, Meta’s Verified Experiment, Algorithms and Liability as Section 230 Takes Center Stage
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
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What's the Point of Section 230?
Section 230 allows companies to moderate content and remove pornographic material from their websites without becoming liable. Once you start moderating, then suddenly you're using editorial discretion in a prior reading of the law. Google is absolutely right that this completely threatens the way the internet works; it's going to be wiped out.
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