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Is @RealDonaldTrump's reaction to Twitter's decision to attach a warning label to an earlier Trump tweet that spread disinformation about #COVID19

Trump and his enablers in Congress & at the @FCC are pushing for new rules to punish social-media networks that attempt to fact check his online posts, many of which are blatantly false.

#Section230 clarifies platforms' First-Amendment right to do this. https://medium.com/swlh/confused-by-section-230-so-is-donald-trump-42233c57cb00

Legislation proposed by Trump allies would undermine online platforms’ ability to remove posts containing voter-related disinformation, incitements to violence against racial-justice protesters and claims about false COVID-19 treatments, among other topics.

These efforts are designed to chip away at the federal law that shields platforms from legal liability for the material users post online while providing them with the leeway to use efforts “taken in good faith” to moderate content that violates their community standards.

" #Section230’s authors struck a balance for interactive computer services that carry other people’s speech," write @GauravLaroia and @CarmenScurato at @Techdirt. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200821/08494445157/fighting-hate-speech-online-means-keeping-section-230-not-burying-it-gaurav-laroia-carmen-scurato.shtml

"Platforms should have very little liability for third-party content, except when it violates federal criminal law and intellectual property law," they add.

#Section230 preserved the ability of countless websites to tend to their own gardens and set standards for the kinds of discourse they allow on their property without having to vet and vouch for every single comment.

Without it, many sites would drown in a sea of toxicity.