Summary
Lawmakers are once again pushing to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields online platforms from legal liability for user-generated content.
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are collaborating on a bipartisan bill to sunset the law in two years.
Repealing Section 230 aims to force Congress to renegotiate platform liability standards.
The proposal reflects growing frustration over tech giants’ power and content moderation practices, but past efforts have faced political gridlock despite bipartisan support.
You are truly delusional if you think that the Fediverse is safe. This is just the first step towards using DNS to filter the internet of dissenting opinions, and lastly, this will be used to automate lawsuits against anything and anyone that hosts anything that those in power don’t like.
To spell it out, if they remove 230, and everyone just hosts their own platform, and those platforms are used to spread information and opinions that are counter to the administration, they will sue your ISP to cut off your service.