Free Speech on the Internet May Have just Ended
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🗓️ 23 March 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Many people have called for an "internet bill of rights" and other have highlighted how problematic defamation is but perhaps one of the more important issues facing online free speech is the erosion of Section 230 which provides "Safe harbor" protections for social media networks and online platforms.
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people have been talking about an internet bill of rights to guarantee the right |
| 0:05.1 | of free speech on these massive platforms. |
| 0:08.0 | One of the things that I've talked about repeatedly, especially yesterday in the day before, |
| 0:11.4 | is that our public and political discourse is happening on private platforms where a |
| 0:16.2 | small group of elite individuals can decide what is or is not allowed. |
| 0:22.0 | And if our political discussions are taking place on a private platform, and the person |
| 0:26.2 | who owns that platform says, I don't like this particular idea, they can strip that idea |
| 0:31.6 | from political discourse. |
| 0:33.2 | This is going to have a huge negative impact on the future. |
| 0:36.8 | Now a lot of people have also discussed defamation cases and fake news. |
| 0:40.6 | Why is it that so many outlets are allowed to publish lies and get away with it? |
| 0:44.6 | Why aren't any of these platforms responsible for putting out misinformation? |
| 0:49.6 | One of the most important pieces of legislation, which was passed in 1996, is called Section |
| 0:54.4 | 230, and it gives these companies protection against being sued based on what a third party |
| 0:59.9 | published to their platform. |
| 1:01.6 | Some people say this guarantees free speech on the internet and is possibly the most important |
| 1:07.2 | legislation as it pertains to the internet. |
| 1:09.8 | But some of these rights are being stripped away, some of these protections are being stripped |
| 1:13.4 | away with a new law that was recently passed and is expected to be signed soon. |
| 1:18.3 | This could spell the end for free speech on the internet. |
| 1:28.8 | In the early days of the internet, a lawsuit triggered this fierce debate as to whether |
| 1:33.1 | or not websites were publishers or just platforms. |
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