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Section 230 should apply here. The operators of the website are not legally on the hook for what their users post.
by ashtonkem 5y ago
Section 230 should apply here. The operators of the website are not legally on the hook for what their users post.
- dane-pgp 5y agoI suspect that Section 230 protections aren't much help if the site is specifically designed for, and actively encourages, the posting of content which is (claimed to be) illegal. Perhaps a good example of how far such a legal theory can be pushed is the case of isoHunt, a search engine which was shut down in 2013 after being sued by the MPAA. > The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in March ruled against isoHunt, concluding that “there is more than enough unrebutted evidence in the summary judgment record to prove Fung offered his services with the object of promoting their use to infringe copyrighted material.” https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/isohunt-to-shut-down-as-part-of-settlement-with-studios-1200734509/ https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/isohunt-to-shut-down-as-pa...
- heavyset_go 5y agoThis is about as illegal, or encourages illegal activity, as Rate My Professors, Glassdoor or Blind.
- kevingadd 5y agoThat defense would apply if Police didn't have special privileges, but they do. Many locales have attempted to make things like filming police officers in public illegal
- ashtonkem 5y agoAttempted. Such laws have so far not stood up to judicial scrutiny.
- bradlys 5y agoSure - but the harassment and problems that encounter even after judicial scrutiny is finished and resolved that the law wasn't legit doesn't stop the harassment, financial, emotional, and reputational cost that will be incurred. Just because something doesn't hold up to judicial scrutiny doesn't stop TX from passing anti-abortion laws all the time and making it very difficult for women.