Right. This is a giant multi-billion dollar target that is increasingly portrayed as a machine for the mass production of liability. People seem to be under the

Right. This is a giant multi-billion dollar target that is increasingly portrayed as a machine for the mass production of liability. People seem to be under the impression that internet companies putting themselves under the cloak of free speech came purely from 'idealism.' The real reason is to avoid being Napster'd. How can FB turn around to a copyright holder and say "Ha ha, this content is totally not something we take responsibility for -- you should take it up with the user" if it is actively policing content on the platform with an army of staffers and actively shaping what people can and cannot write on the platform? That looks a lot more like editorial behavior than 'moderation'. It's different when it's just automated systems that are dinging people for potentially posting copyrighted material or a snuff film. The system doesn't exercise human judgment on an active, day-to-day basis. To the extent that services like FB took a hands-off approach had much more to do with avoiding liability than any iron moral commitment to allow people to share flat earth and lizardman related content.