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The courts perverted the original intent of section 230. An amendment to the language would help recalibrate its original intent.

Tell Durbin this.

you and your colleague need to have a teaching moment.

Thanks Senator!

Talk to Dick Durbin

I’m an Illinoisan represented by Dick Durbin. Can you please sit him down and explain to him why repealing Section 230 is a huge Trump win?

Thank you Senator Wyden! You are so often a knowledgeable voice, I hope you can have some conversations with your colleagues to correct the misconceptions they hold!

@durbin.senate.gov please reconsider your support for repealing 230.

Can we as entire blue states work all together and have everyone be exempt from federal taxes until our government starts obeying laws?

I'm terribly polite.

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Are you sitting on a pile of AOL CDs or something?

Yeah. Maybe mention this to Dock Durban

Fuck Limp Dick Durbin !

A hawk AND a chicken enthusiast.

Tell that to your boys like Durbin.

Throw a brick at that fuck Durbin.

Talk to Durbin

Cool, can you convince the dopes in your own caucus of that?

What should he do.

Please stand up for Oregonians and do not vote for this budget. I don’t care if you’re “not a shutdown guy” ordinarily — these are not ordinary times.

Thank you!! Appreciate it senator

Wait, wouldn't repealing 230 expose Meta, X, YouTube and others to lawsuits for content on thier sites? How does that help them?

Tell Dick Durbin that, please.

Yes, for now, prosecute drug dealers online using criminal statutes already on the books.

Thank you Senator Wyden. Making me glad I voted for you, again.

It’s an infringement on our first amendment.

Restrict algorithmic content recommendations. If you want to find something, search for it.

Can we ever recreate the fairness doctrine back that Reagan got rid of and also have it apply to cable?

Please talk with Sen Durban (IL). Please explain to him what repealing this will do to apps like BlueSky that do not operate like Meta, X, etc.

Well tell the fucking stupid senators

Say it louder Ron

Talk to your fellow leadership who have no clue.

Reforming Section 203, on the other hand . . .

Tell it to Dick.

Thank you. Please explain this to Sen. Durbin.

Thank you.

How about both?

Adding to your argument here, Senator. Project 2025 explicitly proposes undoing your work. static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

I don't think Bluesky's selling feature nor driving content feed is via Discover, vs being the alternative to twitter. Either way, I think any sort of Discover/For You algorithm should have to be open-sourced or face liability claims.

The purpose of 230 was to free websites from responsibility for harmful 3rd party postings. It is what allows the algorithms to remain unchallenged and unexamined. If websites are responsible for postings, that is worse for X and Facebook and better for responsibly moderated Bluesky

Or FOSTA/SESTA, which is supposed to prevent sex trafficking by making sites liable if they don't remove user-generated content that enables it. Used daily against consensual, legal sex work like live shows and erotic photography, but also against queer people just talking about sex, not for money.

You should maybe explain that to this guy: bsky.app/profile/durb...

As a oregonian I see this as go time for democracy and if u don't stand firm and shut it down this week it's over

Tell that moron durbin

Does that idiot Durbin have any grownup kids who can explain this to him? I have no idea how someone so absolutely clueless can be part of Democratic "leadership."

Get his ass, Ron.

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Thanks for your work. Will you please talk to the fearful GOP Sens who might oppose Trump in any way? Would you ask them whether they really want their children to grow up in a world led by Trump? Ask that they say "no" when principles demand it and to be as courageous as our founders. Thank you.

Yeah, we kinda know that. I cannot recall wen D Durbin fell off the turnip truck and struck his head...

To use your analogy, the silent majority needs to "wake up" and voice your concerns to your congressman.

Tell your friends

Just call him as he is King Donny. America is gone. Donnyland has arrived. Congress has made itself impotent.

Please do not vote for the CR! It is dirty, the language allows Trump to move funds you approved to any account. My husband a federal worker and a vet knows this would destroy America. We will take the financial hit to make sure America has something to fight for. Do NOT sell out to Putin!!

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230 allows platforms to limit or censor free speech as a condition of non-liability. Liability is the deterrence to mis/disinfo. Also, dude, Xitter won’t survive being liable. It’s barely surviving as it is.

This coming from somebody who understands the issue and disagrees and thinks that platforms should not have the right to censor, limit or decline third party free speech as a condition of 230’s non-liability clauses.

Pull the thread. Even this pro-230 piece concedes it allows platforms to censor or limit free speech as a condition of non-liability. “The statute “also grants the services broad immunity from liability for declining to host, publish, or platform third-party speech.””

Hey I’m liking your post because I think discourse is important. We’re both commenting in the thread of the person who wrote this section of law. Nobody “should” get away with disinformation. @wyden.senate.gov is pointing out that this could be a moment used to turn against what you (and I) want.

Do more ! You’re my senator !! Thanks for boycotting and doing a shadow speech on Monday. But we need yall to get John lewis up in this bish. Get arrested. Block them sand the gears do ANYTHING!!

You're a horrible person for supporting Israel. Burn in hell.

Can you talk to Durbin talk? bsky.app/profile/durb...

What the hell’s wrong with Durbin?

This is something.. 👍🏾

Or just make obligations/liability scale with avg daily active user counts Both adds an incentive culling bots and protects “the little guys”

Tell Dick Durben

Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump. Which is why it will pass, right?

Well, it’s time to update it. Also, the focus should be on the consumers, the upstarts can endure.

@durbin.senate.gov can suck a dick

For example, Yelp shouldn’t be able to extort money from small businesses to reorder and hide bad reviews. Doing so should be clear that positive reviews are paid promotional ads. Changing the order of posts changes their meaning and value. It’s nonobvious to people when order is changed.

This wouldn’t force companies to avoid algorithms, they would just become liable in court for promoting an addenda. They would have to prove no bias, and no agenda. They would have to prove they used a neutral algorithm.

This is true, and those who own the platforms that are dominated by algorithms would have you believe that there is no editorial control involved. This couldn't be further from the truth. Algorithms are guided by human hands.

Companies should be required to report logged out and logged in revenue per user. We deserve know how much our data is worth. Knowing means we can walk our data, attention and money to responsible social networks.

Now where's the account name of that idiot Senator who wants to repeal it...

With all due respect, it isn't working. It has almost had the opposite effect. I am not sure a complete appeal is the way to go, but clearly the law is protecting the Musks and Metas of by shielding them from any liability for their editorial curation of speech.

Yeah, YOU get it. Alas too many of your colleagues are basically illiterate regarding the issues.

No it doesn't, they need to be sued out of existence so that the good ones like Blue sky is able to groe

There is no such thing as coincidence. There was a reason Trump wanted to inspect the code used in Dominion voting machines. I urge you to demand investigation into swing srate voting anomalies & inconsistencies in bullet ballots in Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona. open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...

Thank you Senator Wyden 💙

💯 yep. No data centers in oregon !! Let’s go !

This is not how DNS works, but you could always look into reviving UUCP.

This is a message I've heard echoed by many veterans, including myself. Strong leaders aren't just people in positions of power. They are people with fire, grit, and determination. The movement will belong to the people, and they will remember who chose to stay silent, and who chose to lead.

Just here to say that upstarts has a different nuance in parts of the world. We would call Bluesky a startup.

What is wrong with your colleagues that they don’t understand?

Does anyone else feel like what would really benefit Russia would be to have a Russian asset destabilizing the most powerful country in the world who would typically side with their enemies until it's too late? #Tricked #Krasnov

You and Sen. Chris Murphy seem to get it. Thank you.

How is that possible? You wrote it in 1996 and it’s specifically what allowed Facebook and twitter to become what they became. It _made_ them. They didn’t exist in 1996. It may be true that they’re closing the door behind themselves; but only way ending 230 hurts them is if there is no enforcement

You could not possibly be more wrong. bsky.app/profile/raha...

Senator would you please point this out to Dick Durbin?

I starting getting my posts banned on Instagram simple posts I think violent just posts asking questions talking about protest and now I can’t post there

Please share this with @durbin.senate.gov

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So don’t repeal, legislate. Remind Lindsey Graham of his epic performance with Zuckerberg during the last ‘bipartisan’ Senate Committee.

Net positive. Thank you!

you are a hero. dems that did nothing are cowards, those that voted for your censure are traitors and should be primaried and voted out. @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social