All-In E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more

Twitter/Facebook Censorship & Section 230 Debate

• Discussion of Twitter and Facebook's controversial decision to restrict sharing of NY Post's Hunter Biden story
• Twitter blocked URL sharing while Facebook added warnings to the story
• The group criticized the platforms' inconsistent content moderation policies, noting they allowed sharing of Trump's tax returns but blocked this story
• Deep discussion of Section 230 and whether social media platforms should be considered publishers vs distributors
• Chamath argued that algorithmic content distribution makes these platforms effectively publishers
• David Sacks suggested a potential framework: algorithmic distribution = publisher status, chronological feed = distributor status

California Prop 15 Discussion

• Discussion of Mark Zuckerberg's $11M contribution to support Prop 15
• Sacks strongly criticized the measure as an attack on Prop 13's property tax protections
• Detailed explanation of how public sector unions in California are pushing for higher taxes while blocking structural reforms
• Noted concerning statistics about SF government employee compensation ($170k average) and administrative bloat

Supreme Court & Election Discussion

• Analysis of Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings
• Discussion of her controversial climate change comments
• Support expressed for 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices
• Group predicted Biden victory, with most seeing signs of a potential landslide
• Debated possibility (~20% chance) of Trump resignation and Pence pardon scenario if Trump loses

Key Quotes:

On Section 230 reform: "I don't want any of these people, meaning the social media sites, making editorial decisions about what I can see - I don't trust them."

On California politics: "The state of California is converting the entire middle class into government workers."