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Is Congress About To Destroy The Internet?

May 21, 2024 Op-Ed

Is this the end of Section 230, a law that shields tech companies from liability for the third-party content they host? Will the sky fall without 230? Recently, the House Energy and Commerce Committee proposed a bipartisan bill that would sunset Section 230 at the end of 2025: “Our bill gives Big Tech a choice: Work with … Read more

Big Tech Get’s Spanked in Texas

September 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Twitter) has been having its way with the law. On the one hand, they can’t be held accountable for anything published on their platforms, while on the other, they can unpublish whatever they want in the name of accountability. They claim the First Amendment protects this behavior.

Do I Even Have to Explain This?

January 13, 2021 Skip

Sorry, I don’t care about Godwin’s Law anymore. If it fits, use it; I’m no longer concerned with being nice anymore. They are just going after anyone, Conservative / Libertarian / other or not.

Sucktion 230 … Accountability for Thee But Not for Me

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
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Sucktion 230 is all about accountability for thee but not for me. It is free speech battle… sorta. It’s not a battle for Leftist speech. It’s only a battle for conservative speech. There is actually no movement afoot to restrict the speech of Leftists. But, the President’s tweets almost always receive a flag or fact-check. … Read more

Twitter Censorship … How Should we Respond?

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Jack Dorsey and other technology executives spoke Wednesday on their moderation practices. They appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The testimony comes following Twitter’s decision to suspend the New York Post from its platform.

Big Tech Cuts off the Money Supply

October 21, 2020

An advertising account manager at Google directs major advertisers to the page of the Sleeping Giants. Sleeping Giants is a far-left organization spreading smears about conservative media websites. It works in an effort to frighten advertisers away from conservatives.

We must defend our values and principles

Trump Turns the Heat up on Twitter

March 11, 2021May 29, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Facebook, Twitter, and others have been hiding behind section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act. It protects them from liability based on the content others publish on their platforms that they have been “editing” by their deliberate actions to suppress it. Mr. Trump says that makes them a publisher.

Is Google’s Section 230 Immunity at Risk as Execs Hide After Veritas Sting?

June 27, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Companies like Facebook and Google avoid prosecution for the content they traffic by claiming that they are carriers, not publishers. It protects them from copyright, libel, and slander suits for the things shared. Section 230 is their shield, but it could become a club used against them.