<story><title>FCC to move ahead with &apos;rulemaking&apos; on Section 230</title><url>https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC/status/1316808733805236226</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>post_below</author><text>The most concerning thing about the tweet to me is the popular replies which support Pai&amp;#x27;s statement.&lt;p&gt;The media, and those of us who understand what Pai did to net neutrality, need to do a better job of communicating to the general public exactly what Pai is, and what he&amp;#x27;s there to do.&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice if people understood that section 230 protections allow the internet as we know it (not just the social media giants) to exist, but I&amp;#x27;d settle for just the bit about Pai as a start.</text></comment>
<story><title>FCC to move ahead with &apos;rulemaking&apos; on Section 230</title><url>https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC/status/1316808733805236226</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ajsnigrutin</author><text>I think that every company should decide if they&amp;#x27;re a &amp;quot;publisher&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;platform&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re a platform, you&amp;#x27;re not responsible for what your users say (except directly illegal stuff, eg. child porn), and have no say in what stays on, or gets removed&amp;#x2F;hidden (except, again, illegal stuff).&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re a publisher, you have a say what is posted on your site, and you carry full responsibility for all the onsite content.&lt;p&gt;Walking the line, and not wanting to take responsibility in some cases, but still deletin in other cases should be forbidden</text></comment>