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> Should Reddit refuse to allow people to arrange for sales of alcohol using their site as a communication platform, because underage people might buy beer? To
by Mononokay 9y ago
> Should Reddit refuse to allow people to arrange for sales of alcohol using their site as a communication platform, because underage people might buy beer?
To be fair, they're doing that in reaction to Sec 230.
- geofft 9y agoSure. But that's ultimately because the government has defined that facilitating beer sales to people under 21 is illegal. If the government decided to stay out of drug regulation entirely, would it be reasonable for companies like Reddit to decide on their own that people under some age should not be able to purchase beer online, set that age, etc.? (Presumably, because there is not overwhelming public support to repeal those laws, society at large believes that young people should be prevented, passive voice, from buying beer - if we move enforcement of that social problem to the people, how should that get implemented?)