DOJ unveils proposed Section 230 legislation
I don't care for most of it except this:<p>>>  
Carve-Out for Actors Who Purposefully Blind Themselves and Law Enforcement to Illicit Material<p>>>...it makes little sense to apply “Good Samaritan” 
immunity to a provider that intentionally designs or operates its services in a way that impairs its 
ability to identify criminal activity occurring on (or through) its services, or to produce relevant 
information to government authorities lawfully seeking to enforce criminal laws.  A Good Samaritan is 
not someone who buries his or her head in the sand, or, worse, blinds others who want to help.<p>>>One important way to confront the grave and worsening problem of illicit and unlawful 
material on the internet is to ensure that providers do not design or operate their systems in any 
manner that results in an inability to identify or access most (if not all) unlawful content.  Such 
designs and operation put our society at risk by: (1) severely eroding a company’s ability to detect and 
respond to illegal content and activity; (2) preventing or seriously inhibiting the timely identification of 
offenders, as well as the identification and rescue of victims; (3) impeding law enforcement’s ability to 
investigate and prosecute serious crimes; (4) and depriving victims of the evidence necessary to bring 
private civil cases directly against perpetrators.<p>>>We propose making clear that, in order to enjoy the broad immunity of Section 230, an 
internet platform must respect public safety by ensuring its ability to identify unlawful content or 
activity occurring on its services.  Further, the provider must maintain the ability to assist government 
authorities to obtain content (i.e., evidence) in a comprehensible, readable, and usable format 
pursuant to court authorization (or any other lawful basis).<p>Is this the end of online privacy as we know it?<p>From here: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/file/1286331/download" rel="nofollow">https://www.justice.gov/file/1286331/download</a>