In Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony for Wednesday's Senate hearing, he advocates for Congress to update Section 230 to “make sure it's working as intended”

This shouldn't be much of a surprise, unfortunately, but it appears that once again Facebook is the first to crack …

Techdirt 2020-10-28 Mike Masnick

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@mala @mala on x
Mark Zuckerberg calling for rewriting Section 230 and also saying that Facebook is the only service that can afford to moderate the Internet is everything you need to know about the dangers of rewriting Section 230.
@daphnehk Daphne Keller on x
Do you crave online speech monoculture? Do you want Facebook to run it? Or, hell, maybe like two other companies can, too. Do you want to give up on competition goals in favor of content moderation goals? Then you should definitely endorse whatever CDA 230 reform Facebook does.
@dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x
This is a betrayal. https://twitter.com/...
@fboversight @fboversight on x
No one: Facebook: *Tomorrow* - Congressional hearing *Today* - “Congress should update the law” https://www.usatoday.com/...
@cathygellis Cathy Gellis on x
I'm starting to come around to the idea that Section 230 should be amended to make sure that Mark Zuckerberg, and ONLY Mark Zuckerberg, doesn't get the benefit of it. But for everyone else - big, small, rich, poor, company or individual, commercial or nonprofit - it's essential. …
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
Dorsey and Pichai will stump for section 230, while Zuckerberg will argue for more reform to the law (230 is part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that shields platforms from liability for what is posted to their sites) more from @mmasnick below https://www.techdirt.com/…
@georgetakei George Takei on x
Mark Zuckerberg should have to read through the comments left on my Facebook posts from haters. The polarization of America was accelerated by social media platforms, which now also feed dangerous conspiracy theories and misinformation. This needs fixing. Fast.
@noahpinion @noahpinion on x
A new Fairness Doctrine is coming folks...sooner or later. https://twitter.com/...
@normative Julian Sanchez on x
Big incumbents make peace with regulations they're uniquely capable of complying with. https://twitter.com/...
@zck Zak Kukoff on x
The great irony of Section 230 reform is that it's written by people who hate Big Tech but will ultimately enrich and entrench Big Tech in its current form https://twitter.com/...
@zidanism @zidanism on x
Jack Dorsey's testimony tomorrow before the Senate Commerce Committee is the “right” and “accurate” message, argues @mmasnick on @techdirt. “And it will be stomped on by the message from Zuckerberg agreeing to throw the open internet under a speeding bus.” https://www.techdirt.co…
@tszzl Turmeric Monster on x
hey @mattparlmer how's this for a game theoretic death spiral https://twitter.com/...
@prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne on x
Republicans: Section 230 “reform” will not give you Internet freedom. It will impose competitive burdens on small companies and entrench Facebook's power forever. Don't fall for it. https://twitter.com/...
@shortformernie @shortformernie on x
Section 230 works fine. It's the gatekeepers that are failing it. https://twitter.com/...
@kari_paul Kari Paul on x
nice of Zuck to offer to help write privacy legislation out of the kindness of his heart https://twitter.com/...
@jason_kint Jason Kint on x
Facebook is so damn formulaic and predictable at this point that it hurts me. https://twitter.com/...
@senatorshoshana @senatorshoshana on x
Big 👏 regulation 👏 entrenches 👏 incumbents https://twitter.com/...
@chimeracoder Aditya Mukerjee on x
2017: Facebook weakened Section 230 by sponsoring #SESTA, in order to stop the investigation into how Facebook meddled in the 2016 election 2020: Facebook suggests “reforming” Section 230. 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
@andrewrcraig Andy Craig on x
Of course Zuckerberg and Josh Hawley are on the same side here. Nothing would entrench Facebook more than a bunch of regulatory compliance costs and barriers to entry stifling potential competitors, while Congress gets the federal government to do part of his job for him. https:/…
@jess_miers Jess Miers on x
Recently, I said that you should be very wary about government agencies pushing for online speech regulation. You should be even more wary when those same calls for reform are coming from Facebook. Make no mistake, FB knows #Section230 gives their competitors a fighting chance. h…
@alexstamos Alex Stamos on x
FB successfully built massive compliance functions for NetzDG and GDPR and was rewarded with barriers to competition, which probably plays into their new US strategy. I also still expect moderation-as-a-service to be FB's next product line, and this would create demand. https://t…
@athulkacharya Athul K. Acharya on x
Always pulling up the ladder behind them. https://twitter.com/...
@notjessewalker Jesse Walker on x
The Big Tech/Big Gov partnership continues to congeal, as Facebook declares itself ready to “update” Section 230. https://twitter.com/...
@mindspillage Kat Walsh on x
“Tech” gets shoved together as a single interest group as if anything smaller than gargantuan-sized should ever trust that Facebook is going to act in their interest. https://twitter.com/...
@evan_greer Evan Greer on x
and right on cue, Mark Zuckerberg is planning to call on Congress to “reform” #Section230. that's because meddling with Section 230 will benefit Big Tech incumbents while crushing their competition & endangering human rights. A win, win, win for Facebook https://www.usatoday.com/…
@jamesrbuk James Ball on x
Universal trend: Once you've got a monopoly, you tend to get more in favour of rules and regulations, because they help you keep it. https://twitter.com/...
Vox Sara Morrison on x
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