Oddbean new post about login | logout @4a23ad3a agreed, thank you for posting this . “A Clinton-era telecommunications law granted social media companies immunity from the libel laws that newspapers and TV stations have to follow. Now we’re living with the consequences: billionaires controlling what does and doesn't count as a lie.” . We really have to deal with the mess that is #billionaire controlled mass #media #news #information and #propaganda . #goverment isn’t #bigbrother We have #bigtechbros in charge
@d591b4ac @4a23ad3a Wrong, if you are referring to the "fairness doctrine". That was ended in 1987 by Ronald Reagan. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairness-Doctrine
@610e1f9a @4a23ad3a nope not what’s being referred to you might want to read the article the quote comes from 🤷♂️
@d591b4ac OK. That isn't what you are referring to. You are referring to the consequences of the Fairness Doctrine being repealed by Reagan. (How could I have been so wrong?)
@610e1f9a actually no, it refers to the 1996 communications decency act.
@d591b4ac How odd. I thought you said it was about how news companies cannot be held responsible for what they say. Didn't read anything in what you said referring to pornography. I have moved along. I hope you do the same. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck the act's anti-indecency provisions.