Solving Social Media Censorship

Heritage Explains

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4.7 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act has been credited as the 26 words that built the Internet. It has also become the avenue that allows social media companies to censor certain content, and keep controversial content from being posted without liability. Conservatives are upset that their content is being censored, and liberals seem to be upset about so-called fake news. Because of this, they are both calling for reforms – even an all-out end to Section 230. So what would changes look like? What would happen if 230 was ended entirely? On this episode, Klon Kitchen explains why we must find a middle ground, and mend not end Section 230.

Show Notes:

Klon’s report referenced in the episode: Section 230 – Mend It Don’t End It

Big Tech’s big problem: They don’t understand the people

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0:00.0	Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all.
0:07.3	From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.
0:14.7	If you're on social media, I'm sure at some point we've all been in the same conversation.
0:21.8	I'm joined by my friend Frank to help demonstrate how it typically goes.
0:31.1	Hey Frank, how's it going, man?
0:33.3	Dude, check it out. I just got into a massive fight on Facebook.
0:36.9	Oh man, that's terrible.
0:38.3	Why?
0:39.4	Well, Tom posted a story, as he always does, that was so biased and wrong.
0:44.4	This time, I just had to correct the record.
0:47.1	And, well, from there, it just went all downhill.
0:50.2	I should probably take a break from social media.
0:54.1	Yeah, it might be a good idea. You think you'll probably take a break from social media. Yeah.
0:54.9	Might be a good idea.
0:57.0	You think you'll actually take a break?
1:00.2	No.
1:01.3	Probably not.
1:09.3	Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
1:12.4	Well, that's because social media accommodates an incredible amount of speech.
1:23.5	They're able to do this because they're shielded by Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act of 1996.
1:32.3	It says in part, quote,
1:34.3	No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
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