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> No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content
by luckylion 6y ago
> No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
If they don't get special treatment as opposed to publishers, why is explicitly mentioned that they shall not be treated as the publisher? If there's no difference, what's the point in that?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago"Publisher" here doesn't refer to a special legal status. This sentence just means that, if you post something on a website, it's still you and not the website who said it. This law is applicable to any website, even ones which make no attempt to be a neutral platform.
- judge2020 6y agoProbably because publishers are, by default, more liable (as liable as any other legal entity) and thus the law aims to reduce liability for the parties in question (the platform creators like twitter, facebook) so that the positive economic impact attributed to these platforms isn't burdened by the law.