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It seems counterproductive to me to remove the legal protections of a platform that prevent them from being sued to take your tweets down.
by dsl 6y ago
It seems counterproductive to me to remove the legal protections of a platform that prevent them from being sued to take your tweets down.
- shadowgovt 6y agoOr, worse, to prevent them from being sued for medical malpractice because one of their users tweeted medical advice without a degree, someone took it seriously, and now they're being held partially liable by the victim's estate because the drug they started taking in response to that advice exacerbated an undiagnosed heart condition.
- joncrane 6y agoHmm, what an oddly specific scenario....
- dpbriggs 6y agoI don't think Twitter will survive without platform protection, so they'll need to change their actions. I am curious if the courts will agree if annotating tweets with a fact check is editorializing.
- neonate 6y agoMaybe they're doing it more for leverage.