Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Section 230 - Who Hates & Who Loves It?

No matter how rude something someone says about you on the internet is, you can sue them but not the platform where they said it.

That’s thanks to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which broadly protects websites from liability for posts made by third parties.

But the Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a case that will test just how far that goes.

The case the Supreme Court will take up, which was lodged against Google over YouTube recommending videos made by ISIS, is about what responsibility websites might have for hosting terrorist propaganda (as is a related suit the court also agreed to hear against Twitter).

But Section 230 covers a whole lot more.

Dating back to the pre-Google days of 1996, the 26-word law laid the foundation for the internet we have now by establishing that websites can set rules about what they allow users to post while still not being on the hook legally for user-generated content.

With that much power, Section 230’s been controversial for a long time now.

Who loves Section 230?


Big Tech and anyone else whose business depends on the internet.

It’s the law that allows Google, social media companies, video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo, review-based sites like Yelp or Airbnb, and even regular ol’ sites that allow user comments the ability to operate without getting sued into oblivion over things like defamation.

Who hates it?

Politicians on both sides of the aisle.

Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have called for the repeal of Section 230. Republicans tend to ding the law for giving tech companies too much say over what speech people see online (like when Twitter booted Trump), while Democrats complain it gives tech companies a pass for allowing hate speech and disinformation.

Bottom line:

The internet landscape won’t change immediately, but when the court does eventually rule, it’s got options: It could narrowly focus on whether exceptions should be made for terrorism (like the ones that already exist for copyright violations) or it could totally change life on the internet as we know it.


āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āļ­ුāˇ… āļēāļ¸ෙāļšු āļ”āļļ āļœැāļą āļšෙāļ­āļģāļ¸් āļ…āˇිāļš්āˇ‚ිāļ­ āļ¯ෙāļēāļš් āļ´ැāˇ€āˇƒුāˇ€āļ¯, āļ”āļļāļ§ āļ”āˇ€ුāļą්āļ§ āļąāļŠු āļ´ැāˇ€āļģිāļē āˇ„ැāļšිāļē, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļ‘āļē āļ´ැāˇ€āˇƒූ āˇ€ේāļ¯ිāļšාāˇ€āļ§ āļąොāˇ€ේ. āļ­ෙāˇ€āļą āļ´ාāļģ්āˇāˇ€āļēāļą් āˇ€ිāˇƒිāļą් āļšāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯ āļ´āˇ… āļšිāļģීāļ¸් āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āˇ€āļœāļšීāļ¸් āˇ€āļŊිāļą් āˇ€ෙāļļ් āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි āļ´ුāˇ…ුāļŊ් āļŊෙāˇƒ āļ†āļģāļš්āˇ‚ා āļšāļģāļą āˇƒāļą්āļąිāˇ€ේāļ¯āļą āˇ€ිāļąීāļ­ āļ´āļąāļ­ේ 230 āˇ€āļœāļą්āļ­ිāļēāļ§ āˇƒ්āļ­ුāļ­ිāˇ€āļą්āļ­ āˇ€ේ.

āļ‘āˇ„ෙāļ­් āļ‘āļē āļšෙāļ­āļģāļ¸් āļ¯ුāļģāļšāļ§ āļ¯ැāļēි āļ´āļģීāļš්‍āˇ‚ා āļšāļģāļą āļąāļŠුāˇ€āļš් āˇ€ිāļˇාāļœ āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āˇ්‍āļģේāˇ‚්āļ¨ාāļ°ිāļšāļģāļĢāļē āļŠāļēේ āļ‘āļšāļŸ āˇ€ිāļē.

ISIS āˇ€ිāˇƒිāļą් āˇƒාāļ¯āļą āļŊāļ¯ āˇ€ීāļŠිāļēෝ āļąිāļģ්āļ¯ේāˇ āļšāļģāļ¸ිāļą් āļēූ āļ§ිāļēුāļļ් āˇƒāļ¸්āļļāļą්āļ°āļēෙāļą් āļœූāļœāļŊ්āļ§ āļ‘āļģෙāˇ„ිāˇ€ āļœොāļąු āļšāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯ āˇ්‍āļģේāˇ‚්āļ¨ාāļ°ිāļšāļģāļĢāļē āˇ€ිāˇƒිāļą් āļ´āˇ€āļģා āļ‡āļ­ි āļąāļŠුāˇ€, āļ­්‍āļģāˇƒ්āļ­āˇ€ාāļ¯ී āļ´්‍āļģāļ ාāļģāļš āˇƒāļ­්āļšාāļģāļšāļ­්āˇ€āļē āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āˇ€ෙāļļ් āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļ­ිāļļිāļē āˇ„ැāļšි āˇ€āļœāļšීāļ¸ āļšුāļ¸āļš්āļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą āļ´ිāˇ…ිāļļāļŗāˇ€āļēි (āļ…āļ¯ාāˇ… āļąāļŠුāˇ€āļš් āļŊෙāˇƒ āļ§්āˇ€ිāļ§āļģ්āļ§ āļ‘āļģෙāˇ„ිāˇ€ āļ…āļ°ිāļšāļģāļĢāļē āļ¯ āˇ€ිāļˇාāļœ āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ‘āļšāļŸ āˇ€ිāļē).

āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් 230 āˇ€āļœāļą්āļ­ිāļē āļ­āˇ€āļ­් āļļොāˇ„ෝ āļ¯ේ āļ†āˇ€āļģāļĢāļē āļšāļģāļēි

1996 āļ´ෙāļģ āļœූāļœāļŊ් āļ¯ිāļą āļ¯āļš්āˇ€ා āļ¯ිāˇ€ෙāļą, āˇ€āļ āļą 26 āļąීāļ­ිāļē āļ¯ැāļą් āļ…āļ´ āˇƒāļ­ුāˇ€ āļ‡āļ­ි āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ…āļŠිāļ­ාāļŊāļ¸ āļ¯ැāļ¸ුāˇ€ේ, āˇ€ෙāļļ් āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļąීāļ­්‍āļēාāļąුāļšූāļŊāˇ€ āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļšāļēāļą් āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļšොāļš්āļšෙāļą් āļąොāˇƒිāļ§, āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļšāļēිāļą්āļ§ āļ´āˇ… āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ‰āļŠ āļ¯ෙāļą āļ¯ේ āļ´ිāˇ…ිāļļāļŗāˇ€ āļąීāļ­ි āˇƒැāļšāˇƒිāļē āˇ„ැāļšි āļļāˇ€ āļ­āˇ„āˇ€ුāļģු āļšිāļģීāļ¸ෙāļąි- āļĸāļąāļąāļē āļšāˇ… āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļœāļ­āļē.

āļ‘āļ­āļģāļ¸් āļļāļŊāļēāļš් āˇƒāˇ„ිāļ­āˇ€, 230 āˇ€āļœāļą්āļ­ිāļē āļ¯ිāļœු āļšāļŊāļš් āļ­ිāˇƒ්āˇƒේ āļ¸āļ­āļˇේāļ¯āļēāļ§ āļ­ුāļŠුāļ¯ී āļ‡āļ­.

230 āˇ€āļœāļą්āļ­ිāļēāļ§ āļ†āļ¯āļģāļē āļšāļģāļą්āļąේ āļšāˇ€ුāļ¯?

āļļිāļœ් āļ§ෙāļš් āˇƒāˇ„ āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āļ¸āļ­ āļģāļŗා āļ´āˇ€āļ­ිāļą āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļēāļš් āļ‡āļ­ි āˇ€ෙāļąāļ­් āļ•āļąෑāļ¸ āļ…āļēෙāļšු. āļ‘āļē Google, āˇƒāļ¸ාāļĸ āļ¸ාāļ°්‍āļē āˇƒāļ¸ාāļœāļ¸්, YouTube āˇƒāˇ„ Vimeo āˇ€ැāļąි āˇ€ීāļŠිāļēෝ āļļෙāļ¯ාāļœැāļąීāļ¸ේ āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි, Yelp āˇ„ෝ Airbnb āˇ€ැāļąි āˇƒāļ¸ාāļŊෝāļ āļą āļ´āļ¯āļąāļ¸් āˇ€ූ āˇ€ෙāļļ් āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි āˇƒāˇ„ āˇƒාāļ¸ාāļą්‍āļē ol' āˇ€ෙāļļ් āļ…āļŠāˇ€ි āļ´āˇ€ා āļ´āļģිāˇීāļŊāļš āļ…āļ¯āˇ„āˇƒ් āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļ¯ේāˇ€āļŊ් āļ…āļ¸āļ­āļš āļąොāļšāļģ āļš්‍āļģිāļēා āļšිāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇ„ැāļšිāļēාāˇ€ āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą āļąීāļ­ිāļēāļēි. āļ…āļ´āˇ„ාāˇƒāļēāļš් āˇ€āļœේ.

āļ‘āļēāļ§ āˇ€ෛāļģ āļšāļģāļą්āļąේ āļšāˇ€ුāļ¯?

āļ¯ෙāļ´āˇƒ āļ¯ේāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļąāļĨāļēෝ. āļŠොāļąāļŊ්āļŠ් āļ§්‍āļģāļ¸්āļ´් āˇƒāˇ„ āļĸෝ āļļāļēිāļŠāļą් āļēāļą āļ¯ෙāļ¯ෙāļąාāļ¸ 230 āˇ€āļœāļą්āļ­ිāļē āļ…āˇ€āļŊංāļœු āļšāļģāļą āļŊෙāˇƒ āļ‰āļŊ්āļŊා āļ‡āļ­. āļģිāļ´āļļ්āļŊිāļšාāļąුāˇ€āļą් āļ­ාāļš්‍āˇ‚āļĢ āˇƒāļ¸ාāļœāļ¸්āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļē āˇ„āļģāˇ„ා āļ¸ිāļąිāˇƒුāļą් āļ¯āļšිāļą āļ¯ේ āļœැāļą (āļ§්āˇ€ිāļ§āļģ් āļ§්‍āļģāļ¸්āļ´් āļļූāļ§් āļšāˇ… āˇ€ිāļ§ āļ¸ෙāļą්) āļ•āļąෑāˇ€āļ§ āˇ€āļŠා āļ´්‍āļģāļšාāˇ āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļąීāļ­ිāļē āļš්‍āļģිāļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļąැāļšුāļģු āˇ€āļą āļ…āļ­āļģ āļŠිāļ¸ොāļš්‍āļģāļ§ිāļš් āļ´ාāļš්āˇ‚ිāļšāļēāļą් āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢිāļŊි āļšāļģāļą්āļąේ āļ‘āļē āļ­ාāļš්‍āˇ‚āļĢ āˇƒāļ¸ාāļœāļ¸්āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą āļļāˇ€āļēි. āļ¯්āˇ€ේāˇ āˇƒāˇ„āļœāļ­ āļ´්‍āļģāļšාāˇ āˇƒāˇ„ āˇ€ැāļģāļ¯ි āļ­ොāļģāļ­ුāļģු āˇ€āļŊāļ§ āļ‰āļŠ āļ¯ීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļģ.

āˇƒāļ¸ාāļŊෝāļ āļąāļē

āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊ āļˇූ āļ¯āļģ්āˇāļąāļē āļš්āˇ‚āļĢිāļšāˇ€ āˇ€ෙāļąāˇƒ් āļąොāˇ€āļąු āļ‡āļ­, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ‹āˇƒාāˇ€ිāļē āļ…āˇ€āˇƒාāļąāļēේ āļ­ීāļą්āļ¯ු āļšāļģāļą āˇ€ිāļ§, āļ‘āļēāļ§ āˇ€ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´ āļ­ිāļļේ: āļ‘āļēāļ§ āļ­්‍āļģāˇƒ්āļ­āˇ€ාāļ¯āļē āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āˇ€්‍āļēāļ­ිāļģේāļš āļšāˇ… āļēුāļ­ුāļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą (āļ´්‍āļģāļšාāˇāļą āˇ„ිāļ¸ිāļšāļ¸් āļ‹āļŊ්āļŊංāļāļąāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸් āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ¯ැāļąāļ§āļ¸āļ­් āļ´āˇ€āļ­ිāļą āļ’āˇ€ා āˇ€ැāļąි) āˇ„ෝ āļ‘āļē āˇƒāļ¸්āļ´ූāļģ්āļĢāļēෙāļą්āļ¸ āˇ€ෙāļąāˇƒ් āˇ€ිāļē āˇ„ැāļšිāļ¯ āļēāļą්āļą āļ´ිāˇ…ිāļļāļŗāˇ€ āļ´āļ§ු āļ…āˇ€āļ°ාāļąāļēāļš් āļēොāļ¸ු āļšāˇ… āˇ„ැāļšිāļē. āļ…āļ´ āļ¯āļą්āļąා āļ´āļģිāļ¯ි āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļēේ āļĸීāˇ€ිāļ­āļē.















āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģ්āļĸාāļŊāļēෙāļą් āļ‹āļ´ුāļ§ා āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļš් āļœූāļœāļŊ් āļ´āļģිāˇ€āļģ්āļ­āļą āˇƒāˇ„āļē āˇƒāļ¸āļœ.

 

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