Why Content Moderation Codes Are More Guidelines Than Rules

Why Content Moderation Codes Are More Guidelines Than Rules

4 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200522/01205344551/why-content-moderation-codes-are-more-guidelines-than-rules.shtml

Also, following on my last post: since the First Amendment protects site moderation and curation decisions, why all the calls to get rid of CDA 230’s content moderation immunity?

Having listened carefully and at length to the GOP Senators and law professors pitching this, the position seems to be a mix of bad faith soapboxing (“look at us take on these tech libs!”) and the idea that sites could be better held to account -- contractually, via their moderation codes -- if the immunity wasn’t there.

Why Content Moderation Codes Are More Guidelines Than Rules

May 22, 2020, 9:15pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200522/01205344551/why-content-moderation-codes-are-more-guidelines-than-rules.shtml > Also, following on my last post: since the First Amendment protects site moderation and curation decisions, why all the calls to get rid of CDA 230’s content moderation immunity? > Having listened carefully and at length to the GOP Senators and law professors pitching this, the position seems to be a mix of bad faith soapboxing (“look at us take on these tech libs!”) and the idea that sites could be better held to account -- contractually, via their moderation codes -- if the immunity wasn’t there.