To be clear here, Thomas has done nothing to change 230 or repeal it.
He simply laid out a set of precedents that he thinks are key in getting ANY case concerning the silencing of free speech on a public platform to make it all the way to SCOTUS.
In other words, corporations are on notice that people now can use this template to sue them far more successfully than any time before.
Corporations are now on notice that only one good case against them will strike 230 in the heart. The armor is off.
Thomas lined them up, it is up to us to knock them down.
To be clear here, Thomas has done nothing to change 230 or repeal it.
He simply laid out a set of precedents that he thinks are key in getting ANY case concerning the silencing of free speech on a public platform to make it all the way to SCOTUS.
In other words, corporations are on notice that people now can use this template to sue them far more successfully than any time before.
Corporations are now on notice that only one good case against them will strike 230 in the heart. The armor is off.
Thomas lined them up, it is up to us to knock them down.
If they repeal section 230, won't that mean they can come after us and the other .win sites?
That's a hard call.
It depends on if they can prove these sites have enough widespread appeal to publicly defame someone such that they can properly sue.
If they can prove that a comment here was sufficient to cause financial/legal damage to an individual, then they might have a case.
Otherwise, I doubt a Judge or Lawyer would bother letting it get past the "I don't get paid enough for this shit" stage of every court battle.