That's a bit disingenuous, because of course they are not being transformed into "state entities" by being held to Section 230. The point, which you keep ducking, is that they got Section 230 protection from any liability ONLY because they give a voice to EVERYONE as a modern day public square. If it is legal, they can speak it.
If they are allowing everyone to speak they cannot be held liable for what people are saying, that is down to the individual who says something which may be libelous etc. If however they start to edit content and only publish what they see fit, they no longer have the protections under Section 230 because they are no longer a PLATFORM allowing everyone to speak without favor. They have become a PUBLISHER and are liable for everything they allow to be published.
As they are still have protection under Section 230 they have violated that.
Kavanaugh clearly doesn't know what he is talking about here if he is trying to conflate a platform, with all it's protections, now acting like a publisher which doesn't have protections, and pretending that would make them "state entities".
Do you work for Facebook or Twitter as you seem awfully concerned about letting them have their cake while eating it.
They are either a PUBLISHER or a PLATFORM. They cannot get the protection under one banner while simultaneously acting like the other.
That's a bit disingenuous, because of course they are not being transformed into "state entities". The point, which you keep ducking, is that they got Section 230 protection from any liability ONLY because they give a voice to EVERYONE as a modern day public square. If it is legal, they can speak it.
If they are allowing everyone to speak they cannot be held liable for what people are saying, that is down to the individual who says something which may be libelous etc. If however they start to edit content and only publish what they see fit, they no longer have the protections under Section 230 because they are no longer a PLATFORM allowing everyone to speak without favor. They have become a PUBLISHER and are liable for everything they allow to be published.
As they are still have protection under Section 230 they have violated that.
Kavanaugh clearly doesn't know what he is talking about here if he is trying to conflate a platform, with all it's protections, now acting like a publisher which doesn't have protections, and pretending that would make them "state entities".
Do you work for Facebook or Twitter as you seem awfully concerned about letting them have their cake while eating it.
They are either a PUBLISHER or a PLATFORM. They cannot get the protection under one banner while simultaneously acting like the other.