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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects services from being responsible for what users post: "No provider or user of an interactive computer ser
by jbuzbee 10y ago
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects services from being responsible for what users post:
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider"
https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230 https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230
- djsumdog 10y agoThey may not be responsible, but if they're asked to take it down via DMCA request or a court order, they have to either comply or go to court. Obviously if it's other user's content, it's just easier to comply. Once these start coming in more frequently and adding up, the maintenance costs of that user contributed content add up as well.
- jbuzbee 10y agoAlthough it's widely used for general censorship, the DCMA is supposed to only cover copyright issues. So the parent comment's concern about "anti-ageism" posts would not be a DCMA issue.