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Without Section 230, if I host a unmoderated social network, could I face liability if one person libeled another using my website? My understanding was yes, bu
by zucker42 6y ago
Without Section 230, if I host a unmoderated social network, could I face liability if one person libeled another using my website? My understanding was yes, but your comment suggests otherwise.
- joshuaheard 6y agoI think it's the opposite. If you don't moderate you are not responsible. If you moderate, you undertake liability.
- geofft 6y agoIf you don't know about it, then no, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubby,_Inc._v._CompuServe_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubby,_Inc._v._CompuServe_Inc. (This is one of the cases that spurred Section 230; the analysis is, I believe, still valid today for sites that don't moderate things, because the point of Section 230 was to provide equivalent protection for sites that do moderate things. But it's definitely valid if Section 230 goes away.)