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CDA 230 is the only part of a much broader, wildly unconstitutional law that survived a 1996 Supreme Court challenge. We don't spend a lot of time talking about all those other parts of the CDA, but there's actually some really cool stuff left in the bill that no one's really paid attention to:

https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/supreme-court-decision-striking-down-cda

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Supreme Court Decision Striking Down the CDA

(Slip Opinion: 521 U.S.)NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes

^{American Civil Liberties Union}

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Enter the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and their client, @ethanz, an internet pioneer turned academic at U Mass Amherts. Knight has filed a lawsuit on Zuckerman's behalf, seeking assurance that Zuckerman (and others) can use browser automation tools to block, unfollow, and otherwise modify the feeds Facebook delivers to its users:

https://knightcolumbia.org/documents/gu63ujqj8o

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Complaint

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Facebook has a long history of attacking startups and individual developers who release tools that let users customize their feed. They shut down Friendly Browser, a third-party Facebook client that blocked trackers and customized your feed:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/once-again-facebook-using-privacy-sword-kill-independent-innovation

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Once Again, Facebook Is Using Privacy As A Sword To Kill Independent Innovation

Facebook claims that their role as guardian of users’ privacy gives them the power to shut down apps that give users more control over their own social media experience. Facebook is wrong.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

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Then in in 2021, Facebook's lawyers terrorized a software developer named Louis Barclay in retaliation for a tool called "Unfollow Everything," that autopiloted your browser to click through all the laborious steps needed to unfollow all the accounts you were subscribed to, and permanently banned Unfollow Everywhere's developer, Louis Barclay:

https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html

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Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less

Facebook’s behavior isn’t just anti-competitive; it’s anti-consumer.

^{Louis Barclay (Slate)}

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From third-party ink cartridges to compatible replacement parts for mobile devices to alternative clients and firmware to ad- and tracker-blockers, adversarial interop is how internet users defend themselves against unilateral changes to services and products they rely on:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability

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Adversarial Interoperability

“Interoperability” is the act of making a new product or service work with an existing product or service: modern civilization depends on the standards and practices that allow you to put any dish into a dishwasher or any USB charger into any car’s c…

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me TONIGHT (May 2) in WINNIPEG then TOMORROW (May 3) in CALGARY and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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