Section 230: Social Media Regulation

[ghostrek]

not good 

[discolé monade]

how is it not good?

this has been happening.

[Raptorpat]

if section 230 goes, so too goes us

[scoobdog]

The liability shield has been abused by bad actors, so it’s hard to say this either a bad or a good thing.  It’s neither.

[discolé monade]

'us' as in this group?

i guess i'm not quite understanding, because it seems to me, the communications decency went out the door the moment news went 24/7 specifically fox. 

 

[André Toulon]

3 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

'us' as in this group?

i guess i'm not quite understanding, because it seems to me, the communications decency went out the door the moment news went 24/7 specifically fox. 

 

I'll wait for the real answer but im thinking he was being a bit hyperbolic... meaning they could see the content here and shut us down, but who would ever come here besides us and bots.....

Oh, shit....Crapshot.  This was all part of the plan.

But thinking deeper, I'm sure AI would sniff out key terms and then we're tits up.🤷🏿‍♂️

Again....Im just high and wanna talk

[discolé monade]

no no...that makes sense

well....

COME FOR US BRO!

ELON MUSK GARGLES TRUMPS RANCID NADS, AND HE LIKES IT.

[Raptorpat]

we haven't talked about it since last time this issue came up last Trump term and it wasn't a super serious/in-depth Convo but at the time KN wasn't going to host the site if he was liable for anything anyone said ever

[discolé monade]

ohhhhhh

yeah. we're done. 

[Top Gun]

Literally no one is going to give a shit about anything posted on our tiny middle-of-nowhere forum. And even if there was a small chance they would, caving to this shit shouldn't even be a thought. 

[discolé monade]

14 hours ago, Top Gun said:

Literally no one is going to give a shit about anything posted on our tiny middle-of-nowhere forum. And even if there was a small chance they would, caving to this shit shouldn't even be a thought. 

oh...we know that...but i seriously doubt kn is going to risk that. and i don't blame him.

 

 

TRUMP IS A COCKWOMBLE AND MUSKY MUSK LOVES TO GARGLE HIS NADS.

[scoobdog]

16 hours ago, Top Gun said:

Literally no one is going to give a shit about anything posted on our tiny middle-of-nowhere forum. And even if there was a small chance they would, caving to this shit shouldn't even be a thought. 

If Trump can go after law firms with executive orders, why not a website hosting platform?  KN’s fears are more than justified.

[Top Gun]

You don't fucking cave. Ever. You fight tooth and nail. This is the only hope we have at this point.

[scoobdog]

I wouldn’t peg this place as being the ignition point of revolution, but if it is, so be it.

[Top Gun]

32 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

I wouldn’t peg this place as being the ignition point of revolution, but if it is, so be it.

Well I mean worst comes to worst, we sacrifice Pod 6.

But more seriously, what is the actual practical scenario where KN would feasibly see himself as being in potential danger? Even assuming the extremely unlikely event that anyone who cares stumbles across this site, what sort of content could we post that would make him liable?

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[katt_goddess]

21 hours ago, Top Gun said:

Literally no one is going to give a shit about anything posted on our tiny middle-of-nowhere forum. And even if there was a small chance they would, caving to this shit shouldn't even be a thought. 

This place attracts swarms of bots some days. It can be mostly mildly entertaining because we aren't really a high value info site in the least. The majority are 'benign' apple and petal bots. The Russian ones are farmers but we got nothing for them that they can't get just as easily off regular news sites and places like Xhitter and Bluesky. 

I haven't noted any US spyders but if things keep going the way they have, it will be those to watch for. 

[rpgamer]

3 hours ago, scoobdog said:

I wouldn’t peg this place as being the ignition point of revolution, but if it is, so be it.

Spleens will be vented, by force if necessary.

[scoobdog]

5 hours ago, Top Gun said:

Well I mean worst comes to worst, we sacrifice Pod 6.

But more seriously, what is the actual practical scenario where KN would feasibly see himself as being in potential danger? Even assuming the extremely unlikely event that anyone who cares stumbles across this site, what sort of content could we post that would make him liable?

I’m not about to guess at the personal danger for KN; that depends on his personal values (of which none of us is aware) and, in Trump World, that’s impossible to gauge.  But, the content itself is immaterial - Republicans can be offended by anything at any time for any reason, the only commanality being criticism of them.  Judging by Musk’s unhinged attempts as policing social media outside of his own, he could very well be kicked off the server he’s using and be blackballed from other servers.

There’s a reason Democrats have been skittish under Trump: he operates without any restrictions.  He can and will do blatantly illegal things without any real fear that the courts can stop him before his goals are irreversibly achieved.  Is Trump or any of his top lieutenants going to give us a second glance?  Highly unlikely.  However, if a low level drone decides they can go after us for brownie points, then there isn’t much KN can do to stop them.  The real danger is low level bureaucrats who need to justify their jobs to incompetent bosses.