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What will happen to New York Times when its running sexually explicit, beheading, animal torture, etc? They will get sued. As soon as we can start suing them f
by ChaosDegenerate 7y ago
What will happen to New York Times when its running sexually explicit, beheading, animal torture, etc? They will get sued.
As soon as we can start suing them for the content they provide the sooner they will find resolution to it.
The same way they will get sued if they censor content that might be deemed socially important.
- danso 7y ago> What will happen to New York Times when its running sexually explicit, beheading, animal torture, etc? They will get sued. The NYT isn't a public utility nor a public broadcaster. I'm curious what you think would happen to the New York Times if they were to get sued in your imaginary hypothetical?
- goatinaboat 7y agoI'm curious what you think would happen to the New York Times if they were to get sued in your imaginary hypothetical? Editors can and have been jailed. They are ultimately personally responsible for what the paper published.
- danso 7y agoWhich contemporary examples (i.e. within the last 50 years) are you referring to? Journalists have been threatened with imprisonment for protecting sources from government subpoena. But the sanction is for refusing a court order, not because of the publication content. https://archives.cjr.org/opening_shot/opening_shot_july_august_2014.php https://archives.cjr.org/opening_shot/opening_shot_july_augu... And in any case, a publisher is different than a utility or a platform. Social media users are already punished for publishing illegal content (libel, copyright violations, etc). How does making Facebook a "utility" change that?
- goatinaboat 7y agoIf it is as your say why would you object to Mark Zuck being personally liable for all content posted on Facebook? If anyone slanders anyone else and his platform publishes and disseminates it, why should he not be considered responsible?
- danso 7y agoHow would a law that holds Zuckerberg responsible in the fashion you describe not be applicable to every website operator and Internet service provider?
- goatinaboat 7y agoIt would not be applicable to those who only “censored” illegal material in response to a court order. The difference being whether the operator decides to “censor” content themselves for their own reasons/agenda. Same as newspaper vs postal service.