"Prodigy argued it should not be responsible for the content its users create. It had no way of knowing whether Stratton Oakmont was a fraud or not and had never expressed an opinion on the subject. But a New York court held in favor of the real-life Wolf of Wall Street..."
"The court specifically cited Prodigy’s efforts at content moderation, aimed at prohibiting online harassment, as the reason for treating it differently than online platforms where “anything goes.”"
"If Prodigy had not attempted to stifle swearing, bullying and “grossly repugnant” content, the court stated, it would not have been liable for damages."
"The alarming message of this case was clear: in the future, online platforms shouldn’t attempt to moderate even the most awful content. Doing so would make them legally responsible for everything their users post."
Repealing Section 230 would be chaos
"Example: if platforms are made responsible for everything millions of users post on their sites, they will have to read it all first. This would mark the end of the internet as a forum for real time communication. "
"It would also force every website hosting user content to create round-the-clock legal and editorial review teams staffed with hundreds or thousands of people to continually monitor every message, video, photo, and blog."
"Alternatively, websites would face exorbitant legal damages at every turn. That is not realistic."
"More realistic is that the many online avenues that ordinary citizens currently use to express themselves would be closed. Hosting user-created content will be too costly & risky. It is difficult to imagine a scenario more chilling of individual speech & public's right to know"
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"According to a UPS survey, 41% of small businesses changed course, with 65% doing more business online."
STOP TRYING TO KILL THE GOLDEN, RESILIENT GOOSE
"Online sales have doubled compared with the same period in 2019. An interesting consequence of the pandemic has been the sudden influx of NYC residents to regions north, leading to an increase in sales of upstate-branded products."
"I am thankful we have digital platforms such as @Etsy, @instagram, and @Google to provide affordable services to keep business humming during this difficult year — from connecting with suppliers to communicating with customers."
NEW at @RSI!! @courtneyatlas and I did a post updating the ideas we had in March to highlight what we still need to be doing: Licensing reform for mobility and scope of practice for medical professionals, telehealth, access to care broadly, etc.
Temporary reforms are good. Permanent ones are better and allow for better access with regulatory certainty that temp fails to provide.
1) UNIVERSAL LICENSING RECOGNITION in mold of model in AZ, @dougducey being the first to do it. And have provisions to expedite in emergency
Medical professionals have to be allowed to help in hotspots now, and they should be able to make permanent moves when they so choose. And 19 states have special statutes to protect volunteers during emergencies!!!
But if judiciary grills her on rational basis, it's silly bc they usually DEMAND this view from judges. Which is fine, but if they grill her and turn towards a @RandyEBarnett view for reals I'm here for it
Also most of my links will be @reason bc they sum up my larger thoughts in a readable way!
Also worth noting she seems like Kavanaugh-level of judge in certain ways. Very focussed on maintaining judicial stability but also moving gently in the future direction of jurisprudence