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pability for the immeasurable trouble his company has caused, including a <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-problem">genocide in Myanmar</a>.</p><p id="d6c9" type="7">‘Providing a platform with potential to reach a huge audience and then saying you’re not responsible for what gets posted on it is like letting your teen throw an unsupervised party at your house and then saying what goes on there has nothing to do with you.’</p><p id="2596">But the First Amendment does <a href="https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/what-type-of-speech-is-not-protected-by-the-first-amendment-34258"><b><i>not</i></b> protect</a> all types of speech. Slander and libel aren’t protected. Neither are threats, obscenity, child pornography, nor “fighting words” used to incite people to lawless acts. Nor are words that commit crimes like extortion or harassment.</p><p id="c123">And if a reporter on a newspaper prints something false or libelous, both the paper and the reporter are held responsible for it. It should be the same for social media platforms.</p><p id="5ecb">Providing a platform with potential to reach a huge audience and then saying you’re not responsible for what gets posted on it is like letting your teen throw an unsupervised party at your house and then saying what goes on there has nothing to do with you.</p><p id="2f54">I’m frankly uneasy to align with Trump, but it seems obvious to me that lies and hate are a cancer, and we all have a responsibility to stop their spread. Those with more power have more responsibility.</p><p id="59d8">I

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’m surprised, though, that Trump believes platforms should take more responsibility for what’s posted, because his own tweets will be the first to go.</p><p id="b984"><i>Find more stories on topics that matter on <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave">Fourth Wave</a>. You can reach me at [email protected]. Read more of my stories here:</i></p><div id="8bdd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/wheres-my-harriet-tubman-20-bill-e911f3ddd3a5"> <div> <div> <h2>Where’s My Harriet Tubman $20 Bill?</h2> <div><h3>Racist misogyny is so last century</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*C3lE9dwHHi7F-UW0qf6OFg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="3e16" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/armed-men-in-public-arent-a-symbol-of-freedom-e034b3b7beeb"> <div> <div> <h2>Armed Men in Public Aren’t a Symbol of “Freedom”</h2> <div><h3>They’re proof that 2nd Amendment has to go</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*bNtNUYfEcX7Jxcibz2o11Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Of Course Social Media Sites Are Responsible For What’s Posted

I agree with President Trump that their legal shields should go

I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with President Trump. Congress should throw out Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which protects platforms from lawsuits for content posted on their sites. Sites like Twitter and Facebook have become de facto newspapers, and they should be held to the same legal standards, particularly since they’re pocketing some of the ad money that used to go to traditional news sources while doing none of the work.

I applaud Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision to label two tweets by the president as false (for claiming mail-in ballots cause widespread voter fraud) and one as glorifying violence (for echoing a quote about shooting looters that helped spark race riots in the ‘60s).

Meanwhile Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg cites our First Amendment right to free speech when justifying his hands-off approach and denying culpability for the immeasurable trouble his company has caused, including a genocide in Myanmar.

‘Providing a platform with potential to reach a huge audience and then saying you’re not responsible for what gets posted on it is like letting your teen throw an unsupervised party at your house and then saying what goes on there has nothing to do with you.’

But the First Amendment does not protect all types of speech. Slander and libel aren’t protected. Neither are threats, obscenity, child pornography, nor “fighting words” used to incite people to lawless acts. Nor are words that commit crimes like extortion or harassment.

And if a reporter on a newspaper prints something false or libelous, both the paper and the reporter are held responsible for it. It should be the same for social media platforms.

Providing a platform with potential to reach a huge audience and then saying you’re not responsible for what gets posted on it is like letting your teen throw an unsupervised party at your house and then saying what goes on there has nothing to do with you.

I’m frankly uneasy to align with Trump, but it seems obvious to me that lies and hate are a cancer, and we all have a responsibility to stop their spread. Those with more power have more responsibility.

I’m surprised, though, that Trump believes platforms should take more responsibility for what’s posted, because his own tweets will be the first to go.

Find more stories on topics that matter on Fourth Wave. You can reach me at [email protected]. Read more of my stories here:

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