r/technology • u/bwoah07_gp2 • Jan 22 '25

Social Media Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/reddit-wont-interfere-with-users-revolting-against-x-with-subreddit-bans/
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u/garden_speech Jan 23 '25

Free speech doesn't mean that you as a private business have to allow whatever to be said or posted on your site.

The real problem is Section 230 allows social media sites to be both platforms and publishers. They get the protection of a platform (i.e., they're not responsible for what's said on their site), but they get to moderate it as if they're a publisher. IMHO this is wrong. They should either not be able to moderate, in which case it makes sense they aren't responsible for what people say, or, they should be allowed to moderate but then you have to be able to hold them accountable for failing at that job.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 Jan 23 '25

Obviously free speech is only related to the government censoring you. But when people talk about free speech on platforms, they mean that the same principle applies. Anything that’s not illegal to say in the public street should be allowed to say on the platform.

IMO they should not be allowed to moderate it, but the current law is that they can. And also that they can’t be held accountable for problematic things posted.