Mike Masnick

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Mike Masnick
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Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: [bit.ly/protocolnotpla...](https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform ) 🌉 [bridged](https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/mmasnick.bsky.social ) from 🦋 [mmasnick.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social ), follow nostr:npub1pqr3g2gk3vsnrqk9kwfqqcxc6d5cwjr0hyc0nlzz9py5nf92vd9sn02sck to interact Web site: https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social Link: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Senator Durbin has had this explained to him multiple times. Getting rid of 230 doesn't help this, but will make it worse. It will make it impossible for smaller sites to exist (like this one) and will give MORE POWER to companies like Meta and X. Why would Durbin want to do that? RE:
Rosen picked the wrong example here. She should have picked 60 Minutes, which also edited Trump to make him look better. Then it would have been apples to apples. Again, letting Carr off the hook by using a cable news example (not regulated by FCC) is a bad choice. RE:
I recall that over a decade ago, [@barackobama.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy]( ) put out a vaguely favorable statement regarding net neutrality, and the Ajit Pai/Brendan Carr folks in the FCC absolutely lost their minds, screaming "WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY, HOW DARE HE TRY TO INFLUENCE US." RE: