From what I understand 230 defends Twitter and Facebook against being held accountable for the contents posted by users. Lets say they remove it what impact it is going to have?
Other then call for violence directly it is going to be defended by the 1'st Amendment so I do not see it hurting this giant corporations in a big way.
On top of that they are going to be allowed a time of X to remove calls to violence on their site, similar with how EU did.
What am I missing here?
I see fewer conservatives/idiots screaming about how the sacred rights of multi-billion dollar corporations are being violated by not allowing them to control democratic debate in a supposedly free country.
In a sense, they are wisening up.
Unfortunately, it is far, far too late.
Its still a non-argument. These companies acted in bad faith and are now reaping the results. They do not deserve special protections that others do not have. If a new company takes over because they hold themselves to a non editorial status and promote free exchange in the public square then that is an economical result not a political one.