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Re: What can ISPs do better? Removing racism out of internet


From: Rob McEwen <rob () invaluement com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 11:24:57 -0400

On 8/7/2019 10:50 AM, Tony Patti wrote:

FYI, /Bloomberg BusinessWeek/ published _TODAY_ a 3,200-word article by Felix Gillette entitled*
"Section 230 Was Supposed to Make the Internet a Better Place. It Failed"*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-07/section-230-was-supposed-to-make-the-internet-a-better-place-it-failed


If the whole Section 230 gets deleted - and isn't carefully replaced - then many DNSBLs and spam filters and spam filtering technology providers with get sued out of business (even if just by SLAPP lawsuits suddenly making more progress and costing a fortune in attorney feeds). These costs will then get passed onto consumers in the form of either MUCH WORSE spam filtering, or much higher costs for email hosting services. The same is true for Internet content filters, too.

Be careful what you wish for, you might get it!

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Rob McEwen


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