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How would the repeal of Section 230 impact Lemmt? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here is the text in full if you are unfamiliar:

No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not at all.

Hardly any Lemmy instance is hosted in the US and other countries never had this section to begin with.

Most Lemmy instances already need to comply with laws making them responsible for keeping illegal content up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Are we getting to the point that doesn't matter? For example, my understanding with icloud not being encrypted in the uk creates a loophole for any law enforcement agency willing to go through them