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I am not a lawyer. I just read the draft. Publishers are absolutely allowed to comment on the validity of the content they've published - why are you asking?
by dpbriggs 6y ago
I am not a lawyer. I just read the draft.
Publishers are absolutely allowed to comment on the validity of the content they've published - why are you asking?
Twitter is benefiting from the fact they're classed as a _platform_. Platform != Publisher.
It's up to the courts to decide whether annotating content in the way Twitter has is editorial. Twitter opened a can of worms here.
- tehwebguy 6y agoOk so to clarify the same question: If/When Twitter is classified as a publisher do you believe they will be able to comment on the validity of things they publish? Like, for instance, a newspaper would?
- dpbriggs 6y agoOf course: they'd be a publisher in that case. However, I don't think they would last long as a company without platform protections.