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Pomf shutting down

submitted by shitface9000 to whatever 2 daysFeb 4, 2026 13:12:41 ago (+37/-0)     (infrablog.lain.la)

https://infrablog.lain.la/pomf-announcement



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That seems largely driven by the Section 230 repeal, which is where I place blame/fault. The problem is/was the lack of enforcement, where providers saying they're a platform needed to be punished or lose 230 protection the moment they acted as a publisher.

Providers were just allowed to get away with shapeshifting between platform and publisher, to claim protection against liability for user content while also claiming editorial privileges, and the legislative response seems to be "this law does nothing, let's just remove it and continue as before, despite the problem for which it was created still existing".