re: #23 lawhawk

It would not end the way Trump thinks it would end. He’d tank all of social media because they’d suddenly become responsible for the content being posted by the individuals notwithstanding TOS.

Comments sections serve a purpose even on commercial sites (like businesses and their feedback). Those would all shut down, and while a Facebook might survive in a post-230 world, many others wouldn’t, or they’d go overseas to get hosted because they wouldn’t face the same scrutiny. Trump and these know nothings would gut and filet the one area of the economy untouched by the pandemic because people say mean things about Trump’s nonstop tsunami of lies and malfeasance.

$20 says that the first thing that would happen would be every TOS being changed to add an indemnity clause. I also wouldn’t be surprised if social media sites already know which state has the strongest laws (from their point of view) regarding indemnity clauses and will also include a choice of law provision forcing everyone to adhere to that.