https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communica... > Blumenthal v. D

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communica... > Blumenthal v. Drudge, 992 F. Supp. 44, 49-53 (D.D.C. 1998).[25] > The court upheld AOL's immunity from liability for defamation. AOL's agreement with the contractor allowing AOL to modify or remove such content did not make AOL the "information content provider" because the content was created by an independent contractor. The Court noted that Congress made a policy choice by "providing immunity even where the interactive service provider has an active, even aggressive role in making available content prepared by others." Facebook is in a weird situation. The editorial control they do exert is demanded by governments and by users. A truly uncensored Facebook might start looking a lot more like Gab or Voat, and would then be attacked even more heavily by politicians as promoting hate, being anti-democracy, and so on. I think Mark Zuckerberg is trying to pivot the company to privacy to avoid this. Not sure if it can succeed though.