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I'm not sure this is true. Before Section 230 was a thing, companies were not liable for what users wrote on their platforms so long as they didn't moderate leg

I'm not sure this is true. Before Section 230 was a thing, companies were not liable for what users wrote on their platforms so long as they didn't moderate legal content [illegal content would be like housing ads with landlords specifying preferred race of tenants, or threats against the President]. A classifieds website could definitely exist post-230, and many did pre-230.

joshuamorton 6y ago
> or threats against the President It is very much legal to threaten the President. You might get a visit from the Secret Service if your threat is deemed credible enough, but otherwise, threatening the President is exactly the same as threatening anyone else (actually perhaps even less likely to result in sanction: I could eventually accuse you of harassment for repeatedly making threats against me, the President likely cannot).
- krapp 6y ago
  >It is very much legal to threaten the President. Sorry, no[0]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_t...
- diebeforei485 6y ago
  > threatening the President is exactly the same as threatening anyone else This is completely untrue.