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The fascinating part of this is that Google has officially claimed the mantle of arbiter of what is allowed on the internet ( they are not exactly a gate keeper
by A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
The fascinating part of this is that Google has officially claimed the mantle of arbiter of what is allowed on the internet ( they are not exactly a gate keeper yet, but given how people have trouble accessing information outside FB, Apple, Google gardens, they are well on their way ).
edit: Trouble in a sense that it is inconvenient for them.
- rootsudo 6y agoYou are absolutely right, and this is scary. Absolute fear.
- VLM 6y agoAs the editor of the internet, are they not taking on full legal liability for anything they haven't blocked yet?
- heavyset_go 6y agoNo, and there are laws and tomes of case law that reinforce that no matter how much curation they do, an interactive computer service will not be held liable for user generated content.
- chrisco255 6y agoYeah but that can be changed with a simple act of Congress and it should be. Their support is rapidly eroding the more they flex their power.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThat would be an especially stupid move even for Congress. Expect to see either bland corporate content or goatse everywhere then.