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22 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The weirdest part about this @wyattemmerich piece isn't the total misunderstanding of #Section230 or the failure to grasp that repealing it wouldn't outlaw content moderation.

It's the part where he claims we were better off when dueling was a thing.

northsidesun.com/news-most-rece…
What a shame that we can no longer shoot people for being mean!
"Police shooting suspects is often tragic, but effective!" @wyattemmerich, probably.

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Ari Cohn Profile picture
24 Jan
1/ Another day, another #Section230 op-ed unmoored from fact and law. This one comes to you via @WilliamLKovacs and @TheHillOpinion. It is a tangle of the usual factual and legal misunderstandings, with a strange new one thrown in for good measure.

thehill.com/opinion/techno…
2/ Let's talk about this opening paragraph. First, it certainly was *not* a "sneak attack." Twitter has been quite clear that Trump ogot away with things that would get others banned because he was president. If you didn't see this coming, you just weren't paying attention. Image
3/ The Parler dispute was also not a "sneak attack," and to claim it is strikes me as dishonest. It was a direct response to developing events--you know, the *actual attack* on the Capitol.
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Ari Cohn Profile picture
22 Jan
Lol he tagged one of those national media outlets, and the employer, then gloated about the result but he's mad that people are calling him out on it.

Such a pathetic ❄️❄️❄️❄️, wanting to help assemble the mob but then escape any criticism for it. Own it you fucking dweeb. ImageImageImage
Maybe pulling your money out of Accipiter Capital Management would be a good idea 🤷‍♂️
Tweet through it, sweetie

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Ari Cohn Profile picture
21 Jan
This is nonsense logic that does not survive even cursory thought.

The government does plenty of things that make it possible for private actors to "censor.

Does freedom of association make *everyone* a state actor?
I suppose it makes a lot of sense to analogize allowing private companies to control their property with allowing others to obstruct access to not their property.

At least, it makes sense if you choose not to think about it.

Now show me where #Section230 demands content moderation as opposed to allowing providers to make their own decisions.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

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Ari Cohn Profile picture
17 Jan
This is incredibly disappointing coming from someone like Geoffrey Stone, who knows perfectly well that the Fairness Doctrine was only constitutional because broadcast spectrum is scarce, and that it could not have applied to cable/internet.

For shame.

post-gazette.com/news/insight/2… Image
At best this is oversimplification to the point of being misleading.

At worst, it is downright dishonest.
Stone also cites to dicta in Marsh v. Alabama, but doesn't tell readers that private entities are only state actors for First Amendment purposes when they perform functions traditionally & exclusively exercised by the state.

Oh, and that SCOTUS recently rejected this argument. Image
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Ari Cohn Profile picture
16 Jan
1/ "I haven't educated myself at all on the details of this, but allow me to stake my point on it anyway" is not exactly the sign of a thoughtful person.

But it *is* a good sign you're about to get a bad #Section230 take.

pvtimes.com/opinion/tim-bu…
2/ "Dictatorships, socialism, and communism rely on control of the media, and therefore it is bad that this multitude of private, non-governmental companies have control over their own platforms" is certainly one possible stupid thing you could say.
3/ And then there's this dumb non-sequitur.

Repealing Section 230 would not create new causes of action. If your beef is that social media companies can control what you see and whether you're allowed to post--repealing Section 230 would do absolutely nothing to address that.
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Ari Cohn Profile picture
14 Jan
A group of dumb Parler users, aided by an apparently equally group of dumb lawyers, filed a class action suit against AWS.

We're talking really dumb.

courtlistener.com/docket/2910231…
How dumb?

Count 2 alleges that AWS interfered with Parler users' contract with Parler vis-a-vis the terms of service.

Because of this not-actually-interference-with-a-not-really-contract, Parler users suffered.....CHAGRIN..

CHAGRIN. Image
AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS Image
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