It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s been nothing short of chaos since Elon Musk became the owner and CEO of the social media platform Twitter. He marked the occasion by tweeting a video of himself holding a sink with the caption, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Entering Twitter HQ 바카라 게임 웹사이트� let that sink in!바카라 게임 웹사이트� to poke fun at people바카라 게임 웹사이트�s shock from the news of his acquisition. But aside from the memes and drama, layoffs and advertiser exodus, how has Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Twitter affected democracy and free speech? Since Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s $44 billion acquisition was official in October 2022, the company ended its COVID-19 Misinformation Policy, disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, and reversed bans on former President Donald Trump and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Trump had been permanently disbanded over concerns his tweets would further incite violence after the Jan. 6 riots. Greene had been barred over spreading COVID-19 misinformation. 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Markey called on Musk to fix his companies or 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Congress will.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Do social media companies have a responsibility to moderate their user바카라 게임 웹사이트�s content? Mark MacCarthy, a communications, culture and technology professor at Georgetown University, says it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s complicated. MacCarthy says social media platforms should be made liable for illegal material, such as defamatory posts or providing material support to terrorists, on their system once they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve been notified. However, some material is harmful, yet legal. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s where disinformation and hate speech come in,바카라 게임 웹사이트� MacCarthy said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It seems to me that the social media companies would not and really should not have a legal obligation to remove or discourage that material. 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New York passed a law requiring social media networks to make it possible for individuals to report hate speech on the platforms in a publicly accessible way and that the companies must directly respond to anyone who reports on the speech. The main impediment to regulating social media platforms is Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Section 230 is a law that shields social media platforms from being sued for their users' posts. However, the Supreme Court agreed in 2022 to review a case challenging Section 230. The First Amendment protects people from government infringement on their right to free speech, not private companies like Twitter. This is why social media companies are able to enforce their own content moderation standards. The E.U.바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Digital Services ActMacCarthy says U.S. lawmakers can model after the European Union바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 2022 Digital Services Act, which is a new set of requirements aimed at limiting the spread of illegal content online. 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